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- Joined
- Apr 13, 2008
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- Location
- Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Vehicle Year
- 99
- Make / Model
- XL Spurt
- Engine Type
- 3.0 V6
- Engine Size
- 3.0 (Flex)
- Transmission
- Manual
- 2WD / 4WD
- 4WD
- My credo
- A properly suspensioned Ranger can be safely airborne for up to 4 seconds at a time! =:O
You *KNOW* they exist. It may even be embedded in the engine and tranny product codes.
You *KNOW* when Ford's powerplant engineers send specs/RFQs/etc. to BW/Tremec/Mazda drivetrain engineers, they don't say "we need a new box with the following ratios, and a bolt-up that matches the XYZ product you did for us back in 1991..."
More probably they specify "bellhousing flange shall be patterned to mate with the FTZ-4381 reference engine jig..."
I just made up the FTZ #, but in practical terms, you're at a warehouse or boneyard, looking over a sea of pulled trannies, how do you verify/lookup which ones will work for your engine?
You *KNOW* when Ford's powerplant engineers send specs/RFQs/etc. to BW/Tremec/Mazda drivetrain engineers, they don't say "we need a new box with the following ratios, and a bolt-up that matches the XYZ product you did for us back in 1991..."
More probably they specify "bellhousing flange shall be patterned to mate with the FTZ-4381 reference engine jig..."
I just made up the FTZ #, but in practical terms, you're at a warehouse or boneyard, looking over a sea of pulled trannies, how do you verify/lookup which ones will work for your engine?
