HERE IS A QUESTION I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO ASK FOR SOME TIME NOW: WHEN THESE PANTERA OWNERS GO TO A DIFFERENT ENGINE OTHER THAN A FORD 351 CLEVELAND!, (MALMBERG IN SWEDEN DID A CHRYSLER HEMI), WHAT IS THE "TRICK" TO GETTING IT TO MATE WITH THE ORIGINAL ZF TRANSAXLE?? AS IF A PERSON WANTED TO (BAD ENOUGH) PUT SAY, A 428 SCJ IN A PANTERA? WOULD THEY: 1. GO TO A TOTALLY DIFFERENT TRANSAXLE, LIKE A GEITREIG? 2. CHANGE ONLY THE BELLHOUSING? 3. MACHINE AN ADAPTER PLATE TO MATE THE BELL HOUSING TO THE ENGINE BLOCK? AND IF THIS IS THE METHOD, HOW WOULD THEY OVERCOME THE PROBLEM THAT THE INPUT SHAFT HAS BEEN MOVED OUT OF THE PILOT BEARING THE THICKNESS OF THE PLATE? AND LAST; I SEE A LOT OF CHANGING OVER TO THE 351 WNDSOR! THAT BLOCK CAN'T BE THE EXACT SAME MATCH-UP TO THE BELLHOUSING AS THE CLEVELAND, CAN IT? THANKS NOW FOR YOUR INPUT, MARLIN.
[This message has been edited by MARLIN JACK (edited 08-11-2002).]
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