You get 50K to build a driveline for a dragcar (solid rear end, automatic transmission).
You have to select an engine, transmission, and rear end. You must use one component from each of the US Big Three: GM, Ford, and Mopar.
For example, you select a GM engine (e.g. 454 BB), Ford transmission (e.g. AOD) and Mopar rear end(e.g. 8 3/4").
Which driveline components do you pick? Do those picks change if the budget goes up or down? Any changes if you could use a manual transmission, or an IRS?
Gen II Mopar Hemi Engine, GMT400 trans, Ford 9" rear.
Mopar engine
GM trans
Ford rear end
This is retarded op
You can't have mismatched engine/trans combo shit just don't work that way kid
>You can't have mismatched engine/trans combo shit just don't work that way kid
people have been making adapters since the 40s and 50s kid
Srt-10 engine
Gearstar 4l80e
Ford Stirling
Easy.
50 grand would get you all purpose built drag stuff.
no need for a ford 9" that would get you a forged unobtainium 12" gold plated
for trans i'd get a Lenco
Specifics?
OP here, my pics would boil down to:
>Any engine can be good, but Hemis can beat everything
>Most GM transmissions are good, 727's can be good too.
>As for modern transmissions, the 8spd Torqueflite (ZF 8HP) would be pretty good for a street/strip car. An 8L90 could potentially be great too
>Ford 9" is best rear end, although an 8 3/4" can be pretty sturdy too.
hemi
powerglide
9"
Let me rephrase that
No one is retarded enough to waste that much time and money on adapters when you can just use a matching trans
OP here. Putting a transmission behind a different engine is simple: use an adapter plate like suggests. Some popular dragracing transmissions like the powerglide and turbo 400 even come with Mopar or Ford patterns from the aftermarketdespite being a GM unit originally. As for adapting a rear end, that's easy, since you usually need a custom propshaft for an engine swap/trans swap application anyways.
>Time
Very little.
>Money
Plates can be had for less than 1K. When you consider how much cheaper it is to build a 4L80 compared to an AOD (especially when it comes to actually holding big power), that 1K is easily recouped.
>Do those picks change if the budget goes down?
Realistically though most dedicated drag cars are going to run a non overdrive trans such as the power glide, th350, th400, c4, c6 or 727tf and they all measure up pretty even once they are built to race spec so why would you spend the extra money to put a 727 behind a 351 Windsor?
You wouldn't semd money to put a 727 behind a Windsor, but this is just a 'what if' thread. However, you would put a 'glide behind that Windsor if you had a 427 stroker sitting in a 2000# chassis with plenty of tire, since there's no really viable 2 spd options from Mopar or Fomoco.
12a rotary engine, supercharged
AW55-50x awd tranny from a volvo with front driveshafts disconnected
and i'll use the IRS from a volvo v90, with the single fibreglass leaf spring holding the entire rear end together
I would take the 50k and build a Ti-VCT Ford 429 and remake the boss 429
BBC 500ci + nitrous
GM TH400
Ford 9" rear end
How about
>427 Cammer
>Turbo 400
>Mopar 8 3/4
>Use components from the US Big Three
>Twin independant VVT on a single cam engine
It's called an adaptor bell housing, or sandwich plate, autismo
How come everyone wants a Mopar engine, Gm tranny and Ferd rear end?
>buick 3800
>4l60e
>g80 locker
>Mopar engine
Because fedora
>GM trans
Because best at this game.
>Ford rear axle
Because best at this game
Engine LSA
Trans 6L90
Rear VY commo welded diff
And a mopar and ford sticker on the car
Turbo LS1
Built Ford 4r70w
Fuck me just give me something for the rear end
Use the rest of the money to have someone else do it for me
Ima go with:
The new Duramax that goes in the Colorado
idk that 9 speed from the Cherokee or whatever that thing is
7.5' open diff rear end for a 94 Mustang
fuck you pay me
big blok chevy
727 torqueflite
9" ford
maximum driveline strength
That's 2 GM parts though.
Anyone who chooses anything besides the Th400 trans, is a moron.
>Anyone who chooses anything besides the TH400 or Powerglide trans, is a moron.
ftfy
>it's popular so it must be good
-chevy marketing
Muh dig