So how many of us is the with 4 speed's

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Fri Mar 28, 08 3:59 pm

Yeah I had a mk 3 Cortina 1600 that did the same.

Dave999 · Post by **Dave999** » Fri Mar 28, 08 4:12 pm

well the UK ford boxes use a housing that looks from internet pics to be so so similar. not the same box but the whole stick and linkage is so alike you wonder if the same guy designed it

gear stick has a hemisphear on the end
the whole thing is bolted into a kind of honey pot with a threaded collar

plastic or even steal collar into aluminium alloy honey pot just comes out so easily.

you can see the aluminium bit i mean on sandy's pic

Dave

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Fri Mar 28, 08 5:06 pm

[quote="Dave999

do the falcons suffer with the gear stick coming off in your hands like the vals do

its a nice feature

dave[/quote]

Yes.

I think Ford went to the single rail to up their non-import content. By that time, the 351C's were all Aus built (in other words, 2V heads with 4V inlet manifolds, and as such, were a bit 'softer' than the import US spec big port 4V head engines. Due to emissions laws, ADR27

http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/roads/ ... _adrs.aspx

the last CK617 (the US 4V's) slipped out the door in late 1973 with Top Loaders. After Jan 1974, they were all single rails.

Apart from, as I mentioned, a batch of GT's that mysteriously appeared with Top Loaders through 1976 (just as the GT was being killed off) so that Ford could slip them back through CAMS.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Fri Mar 28, 08 5:15 pm

Note, both bellhousings have provisions for hydraulic clutches.

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Fri Mar 28, 08 6:57 pm

4 speeds look and sound great,but the novelty soon seems to wear off, particularly behind a big block so it's auto for me now.

My mustangs are all manual though, they seem to suit smaller less torquey engines better.

Best by far is my T5 conversion although I don't think it would last long on the strip.

GTXJim · Post by **GTXJim** » Sat Mar 29, 08 5:53 pm

Here's my 4 speed gonna be a big learning curve with this

Rich · Post by **Rich** » Sun Mar 30, 08 2:14 am

Now thats what I call a 4 speed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Boz01 · Post by **Boz01** » Sun Mar 30, 08 10:56 am

Definatly looks the biz!!!

Actually just thinking about it the one and only car i would get with a 4 speed manual would have to be a 1970 Plymouth Superbird....Oh yeah and not forgeting the 440 six pack to go with it!!!

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Sun Mar 30, 08 1:13 pm

GTXJim wrote:Here's my 4 speed gonna be a big learning curve with this

Looks easy enough Jim, just keep pulling levers till you run out of track.....

J Clark · Post by **J Clark** » Mon Mar 31, 08 7:58 am

4spd

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Mar 31, 08 9:29 am

Is that a lenco Jim? Why are the levers so long? I know paul said you had short arms and long pockets but I didnt think he was that serious