Recent content by jac mac

Did your belts have what I refer to as a 'drive' strip at the widest point of the 'Vee'.

Should be, you told me that lots of years ago.!

15", 16 was another centre design.

10'' from rear block face to centre of output shafts on T44. Cant recall what the same distance. is on a ZF fitment.

Great idea-your not the first!..... From what Iv read they did it on the MKIV- two versions, one was a torque converter & 2spd dog engagement trans. No big deal about inverting the auto. I have kept it in the back of my mind with my own transaxle. We ran a two speed Powrglide in a dirt oval...

I assume when your talking inverted that the input shaft is lower than the output shafts and therefore the seal fitted at the input shaft is likey to be 'flooded' in use. Two options there, fit a seal that by design operates as a helix design and wipes excess back into the trans or convert the...

Its here in NZ, Bear in mind our rules around any alteration and initial registration of specialty cars has become a nightmare in recent times.

My experience is only from run in, track testing of cars Ive been involved with. That is light throttle loads and careful shifting for 30 minutes, good chance to try and replicate street style driving. Required conentration to match RPM etc, I imagine the variables of traffic & dealing with them...

Looks like internals are mainly Jerico based. Wonder what those cars are like to drive/shift on the street?

Thanks for that, I can relate to damn near everything there, still have a copy of Wilsons book and done similar stuff to cars Ive been involved with, If I ever get this T44 done I'll be able to add it to the list.

I cant understand why people are obsessed with having a 427, its reputation precedes it and time done it no favours with corrosion . People then boring it further have only increased its self demolition. Why not simply find a 390 or even earlier 332/352 versions and apply a bit of recent...

One at front appears to have higher roofline which if it is should be easiest to pick., first Italian built car,.

It could also be a Colloti or a ZF with 5th disconnected. It does not sound like an FE to me and not many if any MK1's were retro fitted with an FE and/or used IDA's.

Have you heard of & checked out 'Bear Block Motors' you will be in FE Heaven. Find yourself an old school 'Mechanic' like me, early/mid 70's who used to wrench on them back in the day, that 'ol dude' is going to need to know how to build a rev kit and source a steel crank with 3.75" stroke like...

I remember Fran saying ( last century ) that Mike Teske had or might have had rights to the T44, but then Ive read in other places that Weissman actually did a lot of the design work, Ive since seen photos in HM's shop of the MK2 that ended up here in NZ for a while prior to being on sold to...