Hello Broncoland, has anyone ever heard of swapping a ZF 5-speed behind a 351/400M engine? I know the bell housing pattern is the same, but I wasn't sure about the starter, flywheel, clutch interchange. Anyone know anything?
and to whom is this aimed at?and the zf is a manual 5spd not an automatic.
Don't think so.the input shaft on the zf for a 460 will just barely reach the clutch plate and the pilot bearing, this is because the 460 crank sticks out of the back of the block farther than the 351m/400, also the zf bellhousing will most likely hit the firewall unless you do some trimming. the zf i was going to use was out of a 95 f250, also this tranny has a 1 1/4" input shaft instead of the 1 1/16" shaft, so you will have to mix and match the clutch plate and such. you will also have to notch the t/case flange on the tranny for the shifting fork on the 205 t/case if thats what you are going to use.