I have a '73 2dr 6cyl AT car, now with a 1968 302/C4. The driveshaft appears to be 1" too short and there is too much yoke showing. I see that there is a difference of 1" (45 x/x" vs 46 x/x") between 2dr applications. The part #s that should work for my car are driveshafts: D0DZ 4602-B D1DZ 4602-C D2DZ 4602-B & D D4DZ 4602-D D6DZ 4602-B I searched but did not find an interchange with other applications for those part #s. Does anyone have a list of applications? A larger diameter driveshaft (2 1/4" - 2 3/4") would also be fine as long as the length is 46 x/x" length. I'd prefer a type 1 (no harmonic balancer) to a type 5 (with harmonic balancer) yoke style, but I can find a type 1 yoke to switch. Thanks
Fox Stang shafts fit the 2 dr cars, the ctr to ctr length is around 45.5". I'm using a 2004 shaft in my 77 Comet with both the C4 and the current toploader 4 speed.
According to the Ford table provided by another member, http://dixiemaverick.com/DMdriveshaft.html There is little rhyme or reason to which year 6 cyl car or 8 cyl car got which driveshaft length. The 4-door cars use a much longer driveshaft but in those cars there also is a 1" difference between various years of applications. On your car with the Fox-Body driveshaft, how much slip-sleeve section of the yoke is showing between the trans seal and the front of the yoke flange? If my car were lowered, then the shorter driveshaft might work OK. I think my car would be driveable as-is (I haven't driven it since the V8 swap) but seeing that much exposed yoke makes me wary.
I do not know exactly how much yoke was exposed on mine but I do know it was not much half inch or little less
My guess is that the driveshaft that is now in my car would have worked fine in yours at the 45.x" length. But I am going to need to find one 46.x" long or something is going to come flying apart. There was an episode of "Myth Busters" where they tested a myth about a car that broke the front U-joint and dropped the front of the driveshaft at road speed, and that allegedly pole-vaulted the car. To verify or debunk the myth, they rigged an explosive charge to the front U-joint of a car and then drove the car by remote control from a helicopter out in the desert. When they blew the charge the car went out of control as I recall but didn't pole-vault. My luck is such that my Maverick would definitely pole-vault, so I'm not going to test it.
