c4 to FE

[Vinniesempire]

Is it possible to put a c4 onto an Fe? And does anyone Know parasitic loss on a gear vendors overdrive?

[MaxKlinger]

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think a C4 was ever put behind a big block FE or 385 series engine. The C6 or FMX were the 3-speed automatics frequently put behind an FE block.

[71PA_Highboy]

Sorry Max.... You are wrong..

They did put a C4 behind an FE... but good luck finding a bell housing...

63/64 Galaxie I think....


Regards,

eric

[RTG_RACING]

yeah they put them behind a 460 to. not sure why but i came up one one sitting out in a yard. by the time i got back the trans was gone.

[MaxKlinger]

Well then I stand corrected.

It was my understanding that the C4 tended to be used with the smallblocks, and the C6 or FMX with the big blocks. I guess the bell housings were cast at one time or another to mate almost any combination.

[FORDification]

No, the C4 was never behind an FE. They were only installed behind I6 engines and small-blocks (302/351W). There were a few made to fit behind a 351M, but they're pretty rare.

I've also never heard of a C4 behind a 460.

[RTG_RACING]

No, the C4 was never behind an FE. They were only installed behind I6 engines and small-blocks (302/351W). There were a few made to fit behind a 351M, but they're pretty rare.

I've also never heard of a C4 behind a 460.

Not sure if ford did it but I do know they made a bellhousing to bolt a c4 to a 460.

[convincor]

C4's are very popular among drag racers. There making aftermarket bellhousings for FE/C4 as well as 385/C4

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetai ... toview=sku

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetai ... toview=sku

and the trans- http://www.dynamicracingtrans.com/fordtranny.htm

[basketcase0302]

venniesempire,

I have a C-4 here that came out of my old Bronco (76'), that had been put through about anything you could throw at it (including spinning 38" tires for 10+years). Plus my "Challenger" stunt one day, launching straight up a 45 degree hill into the air and landing on the gas)! That episode snapped the front CV's. They are built Ford tough for sure.

Not quite sure I would want to bolt up an FE behind one or not though, (I think a FE could/would snap a C-4 in half being the torque monsters they are)!
I do have just the opposite though, (a C-6 with integral small-block bell-housing). Got it when I first wanted to slap a 302 into the bump, (looking more like 460 now though).

Basketcase