Re: What GT40 Mk II\'s replicas are available setup for FE engines?
I have heard of one T44 transaxle for sale in Rhode Island; the price is (sit down and hold your breath) $32,000 US. Problem is, a healthy big-block motor will pulverize any other gearbox, as they found in the old days. Original big blocks are out there, but transmissions that will cope with what they put out are few and far between.
Incidentally, if you are determined to have a 427 sideoiler and can't find one, a place to look is in the used boating market. Lots of 427s were converted by Chris Craft into marine engines,and the ones which had fresh-water cooling are in good shape today. They are fairly cheap; a friend of mine sold a pair with marine manifolds and transmissions for $2500. The one thing to be careful of is to make sure if you look at a marine engine, you confirm that it is normal rotation- left hand. Frequently marine engines come in pairs, one rotating left, one right, and converting a right hand rotation engine back to left is a bit of a pain. But, if you feel you have to have a big block motor, old marine motors are a potential source and, in a sense, they have been indoors most of their lives.
Jim Rosenthal Annapolis, MD