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70's 3spd + OD trans, anyone used one?

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    Posted: 09-April-2016 at 5:32PM
I got to thinkin about things as is the normal case for me late at night and i was curious if anyone has ever swapped one of the mid to late 70's 4 spd (3+od) trans into their torinos. I wonder if it's a direct swap for a top loader? I know the gear ratios were a little spread far apart from what i remember, but a stout enough small or big block with some gear would eliminate the doggieness and allow for the 4th gear OD.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote californiajohnny Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09-April-2016 at 5:59PM
you mean the manual one's from like a granada? i'm not sure how durable those are... a buddy years ago had one fairly new and grenaded it with a stock inline 6! (but he was hard on stuff) Shocked
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the 3+1 trans is sometimes called 'the imposter'
 
 
not a direct swap there are some differences like the speedo cable & driven gear,
it may use regular automatic stuff here?
 
the shifter is wonky too. one of the shift arms is upside down


Edited by Rockatansky - 09-April-2016 at 10:23PM
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Wouldn't bother.....

Fit an OD or a 5 speed, the 3+1 are weak 
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I have heard that the 3+1 trans were caca.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Torinogts73c Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10-April-2016 at 2:46AM
As a parts guy in Ford parts a lot of the internals were the same as the top loader 4spd. The RUG series were pretty durable. I have a customer that put one behind a 390FE motor in a Fox body mustang and he used to be a professional drag racer. Just sayin!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote MrSmog Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10-April-2016 at 3:54AM
yea I know they were used behind 300 6cyls and i think the 302's in trucks, so they should be strong enough for "normal" cruisin with a little blast here and there. It's not like these stock 351c's put out a lot of power and as long as you don't put stickies on it and hook em up hard, I'd think they'd last. I was curious about shifter location, brackets in same place for clutch rod etc? I was just keepin it in the back of my mind as a option. Majority of the roads around me you'll be lucky to go 55 on, so the OD isn't a must have for me.


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They're weak.
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