Found the info on the SM465 to 3.4L, Centerforce makes the clutch disc, it runs $110, the rest is just taking the 3.4 bellhousing to get bored out to 5.125", then it all bolts together. Since the 465 has PTO provisions already, I can just get a used PTO from an old dump truck, then SixStates can provide new shaft rod that isn't bent, new u-joints for used yokes off said dump truck, and weld a yoke to whatever shaft the propeller requires. Route that shaft under the passenger side axle tube, then a u-joint there so I can raise the prop off the road. A few bearings to keep the shafts and joints running where intended, the whole deal could be $500, certainly no more than a grand. Probably needed the Camaro drive shaft shortened anyway, also have the driveshafts that went with the 465, so a splice is nothing extra for cost, just a matter of which yoke gets welded to which tube. For gearing, in overdrive the 3.4L Camaro was 2.25:1 with the standard 3.23:1 axle, and 2.38:1 with the optional 3.42:1 performance axle ratio, I have both 2.29:1 and 2.41:1 gear sets for this axle, and there was a rare 2.26:1 gear that can go in the Ford 8.8" if I go IRS, so no problems with fuel mileage. There was also a 2.14:1 ratio for my axle, if I want taller gearing. Camaros that used the 3.4 with a T5 manual used a 3.23:1 axle only, with a 3.75:1 first and a 0.72:1 fifth. The SM465 has a 6.55:1 first, so this still works. You can do the multiplications if you like. To me. This would be a parking lot gear, second is 3.58:1, much more useful even with the taller rear, because of lighter car and maybe shorter tires.
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