400 into 65 valiant

Glad this popped back up. I'm actually pullin the 170 out of Vixen today in fact. Not going to fit the 400 yet...even though I found a bellhousing that will work. I'm just not ready to sit the car down "that long" yet. Maybe when the weather craps back up towards the end of the year I'll look at it then.

It's funny too......I found a bellhousing that will work from the same kinda car it appears the exhaust manifolds will work form. A C body. Yup. Get this. I found a C body THREE SPEED specific big block bellhousing. Small 10.5" clutch, small 4.3 diameter center hole. A C body with a big block and a three speed. Was it a three on the tree or floor shifted three speed? Who knows? But isn't that unusual to think about?

And for the record, it's an early C body bellhousing from like a 65 C body. That had the A745 three speed. I got the guy to measure the bolt pattern and it was the same as the later A230, so I pulled the trigger and it's out in the shop all cleaned and painted. By the time I get around to fitment, I'll have found a bunch of cool stuff out about this swap.