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Hi All,
I have a 79 F100 (351) and was wanting to change from Manual to Auto, and have a few questions,
1. What gearbox did they come out with?
2. is there a better gearbox to convert it to?
3. is T-Bar ot Column auto easier to set up?
Vehicle is RWD and it is mainly used as a daily driver, with the odd towing duties for car and trailer, also used on yearly trips away. Any help would be greatly appreciated
Matt
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get a c10 auto and a floor mount shifter thats the easiest b&m make a truck shifter thats pretty good
i had a 82f100 that was a 6 swapped over to v8 cleveland and c10auto but mine already had all the auto linkage setup on it so unless you want to buy al
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I think they came out with either the c4 or FMX. The fmx is a heavy box but reasonable robust. The C4 is a good average auto box but is easily tricked up to a super tough box which is used in many drag cars. As Keogh said, the C10 is a good box but you Edited by user Tuesday, 6 February 2007 8:11:00 AM(UTC)
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Thanks guys, what is the differences between the C4 and C6 and C10????
I have been looking and found the C10 is pretty expensive, compared to the other two??
Cheers
Matt
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I think they just get tougher, not sure about ratios, they maybe different as well. Tunnel Rammed 351, It does not get any better |
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I can tell you the C6 for the cleveland is a heavy moungrel. Much heavier than the FMX which in turn is heavier than the C4.
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ah OK then,
so do you think the C4 would handle the job of towing in the F100, as I can get a cheapish one, and get it rebuilt, is there anything I should be getting done to it when it is freshened up??
Matt
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G'day Matt
I have a SWB 4X2 79F100 it came stock with a 351C/C6/3.5:1 9 inch LSD.
Its a pretty tough drive line.
Mines a coloum shift but if I was doing a conversion I think I would just go the floor shifter.
Hope this helps
Mike
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