Ford 300 straight 6 with a stock early ford tranny

[Dually Rat]

I want to put a Ford 300 straight 6 in my 36 ford truck and use the stock tranny.Does anyone on here know of a adapter to mate these two together? Thanks guys, I just joined over here, I'm a member of another forum similar to this one and im not impressed with the attitudes of the members over there. So I decided to give this site a try.

 

[tmgant]

Not sure about adapter, but a AOD trans would be killer in that!! Tobby

 

[Sam_Fear]

Welcome to RRR! I doubt you'll find an adapter - not saying there isn't one. Curious, why do you want to keep the '36 trans? Seems it would be a lot easier and cheaper to get a trans that fit the motor - there are a few.

 

[Dually Rat]

Its a 1 1/2 ton dually, and im planning on putting my flattie back in when i get it rebuilt and run it stock front to rear. I found a deal on a straight 6 and kinda wanted to throw it in till I get the flattie done.

 

[Sam_Fear]

Well then, if you can get your hands on a AOD, it might be a easy temporary implant. 'Might be'! A stick shifter would probably be hard to hook up without a lot of fabricating. An adapter, if you could find one, is probably gonna be up in the 700-1,000$ range or more.

Really, probably the best thing to do is have patience and put the effort and money toward getting that flathead together.

Any pics?

 

[Dually Rat]

Here is a couple pics that are on my phone, I'll try and upoad some that are on my camera tomorrow

 

[zzrodder]

The work and expense involved mating the 300 to the stock tranny make this idea a real long shot. Bendtsens could make the adaptor kit for you but it's likely going to cost as much as rebuilding the flattie....
Also the 300 is longer than the flathead so you're looking at modifying the firewall to clear the head/valve cover. Also thinking the torquey 300 could tear up that old tranny pretty easily...
Not that it can't be done....
Looks like your truck has an open driveline so a better idea could be to swap in a 4 speed manual trans (I think there are OD 5 speeds too ?) from a Ford pickup that is meant to go behind the 300 six. Then you can have a floor shifter similar to the original - probably much better ratios than the 36 and that 300 six would make way more power than the flattie - you might never want to put it back in.

 

[21willys]

I was also thinking once you run around with the 300 you will be disappointed when you put the flatty back in it.

As for this site. You won't find a better place to hang out and you won't be judged here. Build what ya want, how ya want!

 

[Dually Rat]

Do you think the 300 and newer tranny would be too much for the stock dually rearend?

 

[Sam_Fear]

Since it is a dually and therefore made for HD work, I wouldn't think you'd have any problem at all. I was originally thinking you might have trouble with the 36 trans like ZZ said, but then thought about it being built for a heavy hauler.

If it were me, I'd go with a auto for ease of installation. But then, if it really were me, I'd be saving the flattie for something else and be permanently putting the 300 in with a manual trans. I love the 300 I6 and much prefer three pedals over two.

 

[Dually Rat]

I really appreciate your guys suggestions, another question I had was how difficult a time I'd have mounting a newer tranny to the stock rearend, it has the tork tube drive shaft now