Ford FE motor to Chev   transmission adapter kit.

We assume that the person installing this kit has a certain amount of mechanical aptitude and ability. It is not for the beginner. Make sure you clean all surfaces when mating these parts together. Always check bolt clearances. We try to make everything as simple as possible to help you, but the ultimate responsibility as to the assembly of the kit is up to the installer. Check and recheck as you go. We can’t foresee every change or modification that could possibly occur in the building of a custom vehicle. Especially when we are dealing with 50-year-old motors.

A few common sense installation tips.

1.      Install all bolts before tightening in any sequence.

2.      Use loctite and torque bolts where applicable.

3.      Don’t over tighten bolts into aluminum. There is NO warranty on stripped threads.

4.      Don’t assume. Check everything and be sure. 

Separate the two halves of the 2 piece adapter plate.

Bolt the inner adapter plate onto the block using the 6-7/16x14x1 1/4 flat head cap screws. Depending on your exhaust, you might find it easier to bolt the starter onto the inner adapter plate before installing the plate.

Then bolt the second adapter plate to the first with the bolts provided. It should be a tight fit onto the dowels.

After cleaning the crankshaft flange, bolt the crank adapter onto the crank making sure you line up the bolt holes first. Check to make sure the bolts don’t go through the crank flange too far and bind the crank. You will sometimes have to grind a little off the bolts. The crank adapter only bolts on one way. There is an offset bolt hole.

Then bolt the flywheel up to the crank adapter. Bolt the starter onto the new adapter plate using the 2 - 1/4x28x1 1/2 inch socket head cap screws. Make sure the starter drive clears the flywheel. The flywheel that comes with the kit is a stock Chev flywheel For the 350 motors made prior to 1986.

You should now be able to bolt up any Chev V8 style transmission including but not limited to Powerglide/350 turbo/400turbo/200/2004R/700R4 and many others. If you want to install a Chev manual transmission, you can do this by ordering one of our pilot bearing adapters, and using the entire Chev clutch and bellhousing assembly.

If you are using this kit on a 410 or 428 motor you will need to balance the flywheel and crank adapter as an assembly to your motor.  Most machine shops can match balance this assembly to your old flywheel.