Current Classifieds

Odds and Ends 1976-77 Pinto Wagon

Date: 07/17/2019 05:23 pm
Clutch/brake pedal assemble
Date: 12/21/2017 11:26 am
1971 ford pinto items for sale

Date: 08/03/2017 07:40 pm
Need Clutch & Brake Pedal
Date: 12/23/2016 06:16 pm
1974 Pinto Inside Rear View Mirror & Brake Pedal Pad

Date: 02/18/2017 04:41 pm
'80 Pinto Wagon
Date: 02/01/2018 05:20 pm
Free 2.0L Valve Cover

Date: 01/03/2023 04:27 pm
WANTED Hood Prop Rod
Date: 01/17/2017 02:47 pm
Wanted 2.3 engine mount brackets and mounts
Date: 02/14/2018 01:34 am
Pinto hubcap
Date: 01/07/2017 08:40 pm
pinto parts for sale
Date: 07/25/2018 04:51 pm
2.3/C-4 torque converter needed
Date: 02/08/2018 02:26 pm

Author Topic: Shorten the FOG 4sp output?  (Read 984 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline mr.mindless

  • Pinto Driver
  • *
  • Posts: 1
  • FeedBack: +0/-0
  • Another Pinto Driver

  • Total Badges: 2
    Badges: (View All)
    Topic Starter Apple User
Shorten the FOG 4sp output?
« on: December 24, 2015, 01:47:58 PM »
I recently picked up a '74 2300 motor and trans for a microtruck re-power project. The motor is taller than I'd like, but I think I can deal with that - what has me completely stopped on using this donor is the enormously long output shaft on that FOG 4 speed. I've found nothing at all on anyone else wanting to shorten that output, nor have I been able to find much on transmission overall lengths.

I need to loose about a foot at bare minimum.

Anyone have an exploded diagram of the FOG?
Thoughts on a shorter transmission?
Experience hacking a foot of the output housing, shift rods, and mainshaft, and re-splining, drilling, and tapping it for a bolt on yoke? Hah.

Thanks,

Offline pinto_one

  • Pinto Master
  • *****
  • Posts: 1008
  • FeedBack: +70/-0
  • Gender: Male
  • Pinto-One

  • Total Badges: 10
    Badges: (View All)
    1000 Posts Photographer Tenth year Anniversary Topic Starter Signature Poll Voter Mobile User Apple User Windows User Fifth year Anniversary
Re: Shorten the FOG 4sp output?
« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2015, 04:10:28 PM »
If you have to knock a foot off of the trans you might as well use a different transmission, the trans you have now has the shifter built into the tail shaft , what you can do is buy the adaptor to use a old jeep transmission, the 2.3 was a good engine swap into the jeep back then, might want to check out a place called transdapet , they might still be around, hope this helps

76 Pinto sedan V6 , 79 pinto cruiser wagon V6 soon to be diesel or 4.0