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09-06-2014 08:42 AM #11
Hoss---I put a 460/c6 into a 1970 F250 in late 1970---used the 360 front mounts and they set the engine a little up in the front, rear trans mount was good-
except----had a vibration every time I started forward with it unless we had the race car trailer hooked up so of course the common idea was that it liked being a push truck and loved the fire up roads infront of thousands of spectators------
Actually, tho, by shimming up the trans crossmember 1/2 inch at the outer frame rails corrected the alignment of the drive shaft ( 2 piece)---also after dozens of Ford engineers road/drove the truck, they liked the combo nd did factory job which finally came out in 1973--------I then got the 460 factory front mounts and was nice----also the initial install was with the Lincoln tail housing which was longer---later had trans shop change output shaft and tail housing to pick up version and was nice----
Did dual exhaust down right hand side as fuel tanks were on left? IIRC-----------
Truck is still around somewhere in Colorado owned by some retired Ford factory guy---got the reputation/nickname of the Devil Truck-----It also is in the movie Funny Car Summer about 1:06 and just after the front view of the big breasted girl in the Property of Dallas Cowboys shirt--------then me working over the dragster!!!!!!!!!!!
".......So sanded it all down and resprayed. ......" Been there. done that on a couple of paint jobs over the years. Usually took me a couple of days to get over being mad before I started...
Stude M5 build