Ah yes - the use of the later crankshaft motor would be facilitated by use of the aforementioned adapter, another consideration when looking at what transmission to use is the early shift linkage (shift cable and park cable) will not work with later transmissions. It's a pain in the butt to find a modified stall speed torque converter for the early 904 (later ones have a different spline count) AND the front universal joint is different. If you are going to change to a later 904, it is a good idea to change everything all at once. Me? - I found someone to modify my torque converter and am using all early stuff - works great! (I did freshen up the transmission and put in a shift kit) and I have put a much modified 318 (350 + horsepower) in front of that setup with no problems.
Cheeh14/Art (RT)
btw - does anyone know who is making those crankshaft adapters? I made mine, but don't work in a machine shop any more! Thanks Art(RT)
