Those of you with F0rd tasts

[Robbo]

@ Trash. That's where most of the gear went.

[trash]

probably parts but i dont think the jg33 blocks would have as they wouldnt match

[HK1837]

Talk to my mate who smashed multiple GT toploaders behind his 350 in a HK GTS before putting the Muncie back in that he originally removed to save it from the same fate! Muncie is back out now and doing daily work in a WB tonner after 11+ years of abuse. Toploaders lasted on average about 6 weeks! To be fair to the Toploaders though, they were probably never designed for that sort of caning. The same car busted many 9" LSD's before a mini spool was installed which fixed that problem.

[trash]

Talk to my mate who smashed multiple GT toploaders behind his 350 in a HK GTS before putting the Muncie back in that he originally removed to save it from the same fate! Muncie is back out now and doing daily work in a WB tonner after 11+ years of abuse. Toploaders lasted on average about 6 weeks! To be fair to the Toploaders though, they were probably never designed for that sort of caning. The same car busted many 9" LSD's before a mini spool was installed which fixed that problem.

maybe he should have put a rebuilt toploader in instead of the secondhand worn out ones he was obviously putting in if infact he did at all

[HK1837]

maybe he should have put a rebuilt toploader in instead of the secondhand worn out ones he was obviously putting in if infact he did at all

Some of these were fully rebuilt boxes, lots of money spent on them. They are just not as strong as a Muncie. They are good boxes but not near to the M22 muncie's strength. Toploader is probably on par with a Super T10 which is what GM used once they stopped building hi-po big block muscle cars in the early 70's, perfect for hipo small blocks. ST10 is what was used in A9X race cars (and Group C Camaros too I think).

[trash]

Some of these were fully rebuilt boxes, lots of money spent on them. They are just not as strong as a Muncie. They are good boxes but not near to the M22 muncie's strength. Toploader is probably on par with a Super T10 which is what GM used once they stopped building hi-po big block muscle cars in the early 70's, perfect for hipo small blocks. ST10 is what was used in A9X race cars (and Group C Camaros too I think).

can you get the super t10 easy enough they sound like the better replacement for my aussie

[HK1837]

Yes, but Muncies are easier and require the same floor/tunnel mod as a ST10 as the shifter is in the same spot. Muncies were standard in some HQ's so you can copy the floor mod off one of these cars for either box. Both use the same bellhousing and clutch setup too. On a HQ-mid HZ you can simply use a HT-HG 253/308 4spd bellhousing (also same as A9X with ST10). Late HZ will require a Dellow or CRS bellhousing. Either Muncie or ST10 will use a TH350 crossmember, best bet is to find a 1980-181 WB Statesman one and shorten it an inch or so on both sides. Muncie uses standard HQ 350 manual speedo cable, can't remember if ST10 is on same side, if not use a HQ-WB TH400/TH350 speedo cable. Tailshaft will be OK from the Aussie box.

[HK1837]

Evan Green I think was the journalist.

[xagtsedan]

Yeah, some of those left over engines and other parts like 31 spline 9 inches did end up in ZF/ZG Fairlanes, F100's etc but most would have either been found and used or scrapped by now as the rust bug has pulled most ofthem off the road anyway... but it never hurts too keep an eye out. The engines werent stamped with a number till they were allocated to be fitted to a car so the 4-bolt blocks etc would have JG37 (Fairlane) or AL1 (F100) prefixes to match whatever they left the factory in. Cheers Pat

[HK1837]

I remember a story of a bloke that bought a gasket set for his Fairlane and couldn't work out why the ports on the heads were twice the size of those on the valley cover!