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Originally Posted by Chevystep
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After much thought I dicided to have ears tigged onto the aluminum trans front so that matched bolt holes can be fabricated to fit the 1966 bell .
This will allow me to avoid moving the excisting crossmember(s) , keep my 3 starter bolt hole old style pattern , keep my fork , and retain the protection & strength the iron bell provides as well as the mounting ears for 66 crossmember .
And yes I will also have to have the iron bell hole enlarged to fit to larger diameter throwout bearing housing nose piece (the circle outter edge ) .
One last test tho is to throw on the bell to the block and see if the NP440 will clear the fat belly it has on its frontal bottom . It might hit the crossmember , I dont know yet . Gonna do that tonight