a closer look reveals somewhat how the 460 is in there....i talked to the owner via email and phone ....heck of a phone bill..but i was so intrigued about it i just had to know...in fact the shock towers are shaved as per everyones speculations...but they weren't shaved in the front like so many others have done...they torched the back shaved it down and welded it back in....when putting in the coilovers....that way they can get even more room without regular shocks. and a few other adjustments if you are still intrigued..... thanks....dan
Would love to see a tech article on THAT mod! (now that I've cut away the inner part of my towers!) Since you're 'long-time-friends' , how 'bout asking for closer pics? Thanks for the info. R
I need some pics or detailed descriptions on how they did that!!!! I want to do the same thing to my Comet!!!! If you could give me his Phone # or email that would be great!!!! Please help, I am serious about doing that to my car!!!!!
I raced the AOD over 100 times. I pulled the pan and saw 'absolutely' no fibers, clots, etc. The convertor (3200-3600) stall worked fine on my heavy-a$$ Mustang Vert. The AOD wasn't a throw-in from a junker. I spent $1500 on having it race-prepped. That, combined with a $700 9" converter gave me good 60 foots (1.5X"). I purposely chose NOT to have a tranksbrake. I simply didn't want to have to be changing out some broken part every-other week. The high stall worked great for me. If it's done right, an AOD is a great tranny to run street/strip (IMHO). I'd have to re-consider if I had it to do all over again - I'm not making the ca$h I was making a few years ago. I'm also thinking about going with my C4 now instead of the AOD as I'm leaning towards drag-only now. I'll save the AOD for when (or BIG "IF") I need to sell it. It'll bring a lot more if it's streetable (vs. trailor car). G'luck. Rick
I agree with Rick. The AOD's have a bad reputation of being weenie trannies, but in all actuality, they are very strong. The internal geartrain is almost identical to a powerglide, and we all know that they are plenty strong. The weak links are fairly easy to fix, in fact, you can buy these fixes at your local ford dealer for the most part. A good OD servo combined with a good inner input shaft will stop most problems,but if your car really has some balls, go for the Lentech valvebody. It re-routes the powerflow through the trans, strengthening it considerably. The only downside to AOD's is price, they are expensive, and the fact that they eat up a lot of HP to turn one. They aren't the lightest trans, that's for sure. A switch to a good c4 typically nets .2-.3 second faster ET's.
