Re: Hi all...new guy here with some transmission questions

Posted by mendocino38 On 2013/4/26 22:29:58

I checked out Benstedt's adapter and thought that would be the ticket. I have some experience with the 700r4 (I put it in a '55 Chevy) and just loved the thing....so smooth. That's what got me going on this whole thing...that and I know some people put them behind the Hudson 308 with positive results.

Right now the old cross member is out and the front clip is off, so it's perfect timing to mock things up. I've never seen this car with the engine mounted, and without doing a trial run with engine and original transmission, how do I know what angle to put he motor? I know that a SBC is tilted approx. 3-4 degrees downward at the rear. Is there something similar on Parkards? Am I wrong in assuming that I could work backwards from the rear diff.? I think the pinion angle needs to cancel the transmission angle.

-As before, thanks for any input.

Erik