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145 B20 140-160 1971

The above post(er) is extremely ill informed:

>Try to find an M410 from a 164E and mate it with the later overdrive unit >from a 240 because the final drive ratio will work better than with the OD >unit from the 164.

Huh? Point being you can't neccessarily know what rear axle ratio he has and all J- type (140, 1800E, 164, 240) has the same .797 ratio.

>I had this set-up on a '68 144S that worked well.
>You will need the M41/410 to mate with the B20 engine unless you mess with >adapters and bell housing change-outs.


Well, a m410 has a different spline, different pilot bearing size, and will not work with anything but its own dedicated belhousing. Readers take note.






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New 145 B20 [140-160][1971]
posted by  Yanacsek  on Mon Aug 4 13:35 CST 2003 >


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