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Ok so I so I am looking to put a 4 speed in when I do my motor swap. I was looking would a 833 4 speed work in a 73 duster the guy says its for a smallblock but its a early model longtail
"Long tailShaft" won't work..You need a short tailshaft 4-speed for an A-body in a Duster. I have a couple if looking. Also have an OD Cast iron case as well. Have a set of pedals I think as well as most of the linkages.
I think I MIGHT even have a small block 10.5 Bellhousing.
some one will correct me if i'm wrong, but I believe the position of the shifter mounting pad is different, but i've seen people make there own bracket to correct for that. long tailshaft also means you'll need a shorter driveshaft, also doable.
sorry, thats about the extent of my knowledge on that subject, but theres plenty of info out there.Well drive shaft is nothing theres a driveline compney right down the road but the shifter might be the problem how far is it out of were it should be
Dukeboy said:"Long tailShaft" won't work..You need a short tailshaft 4-speed for an A-body in a Duster. I have a couple if looking. Also have an OD Cast iron case as well. Have a set of pedals I think as well as most of the linkages.
I think I MIGHT even have a small block 10.5 Bellhousing.
Plan on shelling out close to 2k for the swap.
Actually if the long tail shaft has two shifter mounts you can use it in an A-body if you don't mind a little fabrication. You will need to fabricate a adapter that bolts to the rear position on the tailshaft and positions the shifter forward to the normal a-body position (the front mount is partially under the torsion bar cross member). The second thing is the drive shaft will need to be shortened. Bigblockdart.com has a drawing for the adapter.
I put a long tail shaft A833OD tranny in my 68 Barracuda back in 2000 and now 70k miles latter I am still rowing the gears.
Heres the plate you need to switch the shifter position
With a little custom fabrication and a nice B/E body 4 speed you can stick it into your A body Hot Rod! Duster 413 gives us the info to do just that.
The above template will provide you with the adapter needed to pull this off. Below are a few pics of the adapter.
There are a few other mods required to use this adapter. The B-body mounting lugs must be ground down to keep the lugs from hitting the trans support rail (Or you can notch the support rail.) (Green arrow.) Also, you will have to give the trans tunnel a couple of dimples with a ball peen so that the adapter attaching bolts don't jam against the tunnel. (Yellow Arrow.)
Whats the reason it wont work