Bellhousing Bolt Patterns - Ford 429 vs. Ford 302
Bellhousing Bolt Patterns - Ford 429 vs. Ford 302
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Anyone have a legitimate bellhousing CAD drawing or techinical information on dowel pin locations and boltholes for these two engine/transmission bolt patterns.
I have hand measured both and reasonably accurately documented them, but an "official" measurement / pattern would be greatly appreciated.
Anyone built a BBF engine to SBF transmission adapter?
I have hand measured both and reasonably accurately documented them, but an "official" measurement / pattern would be greatly appreciated.
Anyone built a BBF engine to SBF transmission adapter?





RE: Bellhousing Bolt Patterns - Ford 429 vs. Ford 302
I think we have a full factory drawing for the 302/351w blocks. The reason for this was there are none made for this application and we needed to be self starting so the starter mounts to the motor plate on a Ford.
Stock wise, the C6 is as close as you will come to big block fitting a smaller trans.
Look at the JEG'S cat, page 225k.
There you will see a conversion bell housing 390-429 BBF to C4 and even this conversion can accept a Power Glide with some extra hardware.
Good luck.
RE: Bellhousing Bolt Patterns - Ford 429 vs. Ford 302
I have seen one aftermarket converter plate, it is very expensive and tilts the transmission relative to the engine. I think I can do better.
With the water and laser cutting machines utilizing cad drawings that are available for hire, I am hopeful to "DIY" this. Sounds ambitious, but I have done worse . . .
RE: Bellhousing Bolt Patterns - Ford 429 vs. Ford 302
RE: Bellhousing Bolt Patterns - Ford 429 vs. Ford 302
Michael
RE: Bellhousing Bolt Patterns - Ford 429 vs. Ford 302
Sure, the transfer punch is great for boltholes, how did you ensure crank and torque converter alignment?? I have seen the odd shop gut a block and transmission to put a solid shaft in to line thing up, but I am not THAT ambitious
RE: Bellhousing Bolt Patterns - Ford 429 vs. Ford 302
Michael
RE: Bellhousing Bolt Patterns - Ford 429 vs. Ford 302
RE: Bellhousing Bolt Patterns - Ford 429 vs. Ford 302
RE: Bellhousing Bolt Patterns - Ford 429 vs. Ford 302
There is a e40d for the 460 but they seem to be quite rare. Hence $$$
The opposite is true of the aode-w or 4r7w. They were never available for the 429 / 460 block and would require a mandatory adaptor plate.
I want the low first gear and o/d. I intend to use the Baumannator electronic transmission control.
RE: Bellhousing Bolt Patterns - Ford 429 vs. Ford 302
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