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NV4500 trans

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#1 ·
Anyone put a NV4500 5 spd trans behind a 460 in a 79 F150 4x4???
Who make an adapter to make this work?
 
#3 ·
ford truck form

In the ford truck form they have a tech. in the tech area a 390 mated to a dodge NV.4500 a 1'' spacer between the bellhousing well there is more to it but I forget. Its still there. A friend of mine hase a full size blazer 350 with a NV4500 and he gets 22mpg he says I was thanking maybe I would get the same if I used one behind my 460 63 F100 short bed 2wd 3.25 are maybe not.
 
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in 1998 i purchased aa new k3500 4x4 with original equipment 4500 trans. truck was the last of the 350 engines. trans was noisy slow shifting requires goophy fluid. never got more than 13mpg. i used it for 265000 miles. funny thing a 35 year old truck with a t18 trans pulled it up on a trailer for the scrap yard....fwiw, bobn
 
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