Has anyone tried to get ride of the Chevy 8 degree or so tilt by using a Lakewood ford 6bolt pattern bellhousing to a chevy manual trans like a SM465?
I mentioned this in a thread but i think the question / info was out of place.
I have gotten as far as calling Lakewood and then Novak Adapt. From what I have read on here the Ford 4bt dapter plates are the small block 6 bolt pattern setup. The lakewood product is listed as:
LAK - 77-205 Transmission adapters, Ford, 289/302/351 C/W, 6 Bolt Blocks, GM muncie/Saginaw, BW T-10.
The bore is 4.683 or something close "(number is not right in front of me). Novak Adapt opens the smaller chevy bellhousing bores from this to 5.000" and then cuts the input bearing retainer to 4.995. This should work on the lakewood unit as well.
The only other issue is a ford clutch and a chevy clutch plate but I have been told that is no big deal to order that combo.
My goal is to find a cheaper way to run a 4bt at 0 degrees with a chevy manual trans and not pay 1300 dollars.
I mentioned this in a thread but i think the question / info was out of place.
I have gotten as far as calling Lakewood and then Novak Adapt. From what I have read on here the Ford 4bt dapter plates are the small block 6 bolt pattern setup. The lakewood product is listed as:
LAK - 77-205 Transmission adapters, Ford, 289/302/351 C/W, 6 Bolt Blocks, GM muncie/Saginaw, BW T-10.
The bore is 4.683 or something close "(number is not right in front of me). Novak Adapt opens the smaller chevy bellhousing bores from this to 5.000" and then cuts the input bearing retainer to 4.995. This should work on the lakewood unit as well.
The only other issue is a ford clutch and a chevy clutch plate but I have been told that is no big deal to order that combo.
My goal is to find a cheaper way to run a 4bt at 0 degrees with a chevy manual trans and not pay 1300 dollars.