Thread: E4OD in 73 Mach 1

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Originally Posted by RayDav

I have spent a lifetime putting parts where they were never meant to be. So that is not an issue in general.

I an rebuilding my 63 F100, and needed to rebuild the floor to accommodate the E4OD. But, that is a big open floor. I also built a floor for the E4OD in my 55 Ford wagon. But that was a bare shell where I could easily do whatever was necessary

I am putting a 460/532 in my 73 Mach 1. That is a bolt-in, I have done it a couple times before, but only with a C6. And this is a running car. Anybody know what I will encounter when I try to put an E4OD in it?

You'll have to reconfigure the shifter mounts, take a sledge hammer to the top of the lower ridge of the transmission tunnel/fire wall to nudge it an inch or two (no cutting required) for clearance, configure a new driveshaft. Otherwise, it too is almost a straight bolt it affair.


Bill S.

Originally Posted by mrmustang

You'll have to reconfigure the shifter mounts, take a sledge hammer to the top of the lower ridge of the transmission tunnel/fire wall to nudge it an inch or two (no cutting required) for clearance, configure a new driveshaft. Otherwise, it too is almost a straight bolt it affair.Bill S.

This is what I think you predict I will find. Tell me how close I am.

If the shifter is removed, the trans case will fit in the tunnel. The parts of the shifter that protrude into the tunnel will hit the trans. Raising the footprint of the shifter mount pad will raise the in-tunnel shifter parts enough to clear the trans.