Re: Replace my /6 with what motor/tranny for my '64 Belvd
[Re: '64 Belvedere]
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08/21/09 10:01 PM
08/21/09 10:01 PM
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440fied
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Make it a big block 4 speed sleeper. Put a 440 with a 65 or newer 4 speed transmission and a set of dog dish hubcaps and go out and annihilate the camaros and mustangs. You'll need to swap the /6 k-member to a V-8 k-member, 273, 318, 361, 383, 426 wedge cars all used the same k-member, /6 k-frame is /6 only.
Also cars like your Belvedere and other 1964 B-bodies like Savoy, Fury, Sport fury, and Dodge Polara's came with the 8 3/4 rear axle. Which is a good axle except for the tapered end axles, but you can get a new set of axles from Moser, Strange, Mark Williams, Yukon, etc... any number of companies. Swapping to the later bolt-in axles makes swapping gears and doing any kind of brake repairs a lot easier.
Is your car a pushbutton automatic, 3 on the tree or four on the floor?
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Re: Replace my /6 with what motor/tranny for my '64 Belvd
[Re: '64 Belvedere]
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08/21/09 10:33 PM
08/21/09 10:33 PM
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440fied
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If you switch from auto to 4 speed you need to find manual trans pedals, z-bar, downrod, frame side z-bar bracket, bellhousing side z-bar bracket, bellhousing, transmission, shifter rods-levers-mechanism, shifter handle, and a 4 speed floor hump. Cool thing is Brewers performance has all of these parts in stock. Check out their website at http://www.brewersperformance.com/ If you decide to leave the car pushbutton automatic you can either find a big block pushbutton transmission or use a later trans with the Imperial services conversion cables http://www.imperialservices.net/ to operate the transmission or block off the pushbutton on the dash and go to an aftermarket automatic trans shifter on the floor, from B&M www.bmracing.com or Hurst. www.hurst-shifters.com/ Definately upgrade the fronts to disc brakes if you decide to do the rears after you swap out the tapered axles out of your car for some later style bolt-in axles you can either go with the original 10" drums or upgrade to 11" drums or convert to disc brakes from a bunch of different companies check out dr.diffs website at http://www.doctordiff.com/ or scarebird classic brakes makes disc brake conversion kits for a bunch of different cars including older mopars http://www.scarebird.com/
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Re: Replace my /6 with what motor/tranny for my '64 Belvd
[Re: '64 Belvedere]
#445466
08/21/09 11:18 PM
08/21/09 11:18 PM
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Posts: 36,041 Lincoln Nebraska
RapidRobert
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What cars would have had a big block push button tranny in it?
any BB car and you would want a 64 trans to work w your pushbuttons. EDIT 63-65 car
Last edited by RapidRobert; 08/22/09 01:07 AM.
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Re: Replace my /6 with what motor/tranny for my '64 Belvd
[Re: RapidRobert]
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08/21/09 11:59 PM
08/21/09 11:59 PM
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383man
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440 or 400(451)
I agree with this. Any bigblock will run good with a small amount of work. I did a 440 as they are not to hard to get and then put the 426 badges on the eng as you could get the 426 Max Wedge or street 426 in them in 64. Ron
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Re: Replace my /6 with what motor/tranny for my '64 Belvd
[Re: 440fied]
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08/22/09 04:27 PM
08/22/09 04:27 PM
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Correct me if I am wrong guys......an Ebody 8 3/4 will bolt in?
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