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Reply to "Starter Motor for 351 C with C6 transmission"

De Tomaso had a "stock pile" of engines, but I have no idea how many. I don't think I would describe the quantity as "hundreds".

The Q code engine is the standard 351C with 4 barrel carburetor, for the 1972 through 1974 model years. Its a good engine, with two downsides (1) lowering of the compression ratio took some of the pep out of its performance, (2) the smog tuned carburetor also robbed the engine of performance.

Here's more information: 351C US Production History

When De Tomaso exhausted the supply of US manufactured engines, they began employing Australian made engines. I do not know what De Tomaso did at that point regarding the transmissions, what makes the most sense to me would have been for De Tomaso to use an automatic transmission sourced from Australia (along with the Australian starter, separator plate, flex plate and torque converter). Perhaps this is what motivated the introduction of the Longchamp GT with the 5 speed manual ZF transmission?
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