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Would you mind trying to decipher my tag. Judging by all the research I'm doing I'm hopeful the first gear ratio isn't to high as I have plans for it getting bolted behind a 351c Seen Chestnut comments saying he had a 015 but 016 could be different all again

Was off the very detailed post Sparky had put up a number of years ago

That screenshot has the info that I was going off. Been talking to the bloke on bought the package off, feeling confident gonna be OK & have now done a deal for the Flywheel, pressure plate etc that the previous owner offered him

Thanks Dean. Still tweaking my brain hard out with different options I can take,one thing I've come across narrowing down the configuration of the single rail I've purchased is the spline on the input shaft with the V8 mainly being 10 spline & 6cyl 20 or 21 spline & I doubt whoever over the years & are assuming they didn't go the hassle of replacing the input shaft to begin with ,which in turn would narrow down my first gear ratio being to high . I have ruled out the idea of the E SERIES T5 though, as he wants $6500 but another idea which is pretty good is go ahead with the conversion & if it shits itself then replace it with a toploader which is relatively easy to drill the bell housing to fit & the tail shaft is apparently the same length as the single rail so in turn won't have any hassle incurring with the drive shaft. Top loader come up every now & then for good money but no cheap one's over here at the moment & they're all asking about 4k Xe drive shaft is included with the deal & that should just bolt straight into my XF with no drama over the length

I'm pretty sure this one I've bought is now from a 6cyl Cortina also but 80km/hr in first from 351 gearbox sounds awesome. To begin with knowing that it was behind a 302c sounded like the go & the whole complete combo I snapped it up before someone else. Also admittedly got a bit confused with the toploaders thinking the single rail a close 2nd & then all the work involved doing the conversion, plus certification it would suck badly if the box went bang . There's a rebuilt E series XR8 T5 over here on Trademe plus same seller has a new WC T5 combo but is asking 8k,long way off the $1800 I've just paid.

No worries Dean. I'm leaning towards just on selling the combo deal I got. If you're on Facebook I got quite abit of feedback from a post from the group below.

Thanks,so really not to much of a bigger deal & nothing seriously putting off from doing the conversion . Few yrs ago went the full Monty on a Tremec TKX 5 spd behind a 408w XF ute.

Thanks, so knowing my luck the input shaft is the same perhaps. Ya reackon it's gonna handle the jandal behind the 351c,it'll probably get thrashed in 2nd & 3rd but no burn outs. All the gears under the plate looked in really good knick & oil was clean as a whistle (Probably built in 78 though aye)

Hey Guy's # Sparky Dave # gerg Can anyone help with identification of this Borg Warner 4 speed, all I know is was behind a 302c in a XE falcon. Have purchased it as a combo for my 351c. Surely it's not a 6 cylinder one as am I correct in thinking the input shaft count would differ. Cheers

Thanks as always for the info Dean It's a shame Oz falcon can't upload a few of my images & also had a short video of the gearbox with the top cover off going through the gears. Another couple of questions if you're in the know haha . Looking at the video noticed the clutch fork in the bell housing is on the right hand side, that shouldn't matter aye,,just wondering if that gets in the way of the headers, start motor that side also, abit going on by the looks.

Hey Guy's Looking through OZ Falcon & single rail gearbox history comes up but can't seem to locate number below ending in 016. Scored this 4 speed today ,comes with drive shaft, pedal box ,Bell housing, clutch cable & fork, X member & mount. $1800 NZD Was in a XE with a 302 cleveland & are planning on putting it in my XF FAIRMONT 351 CLEVELAND with 3.23 ratio diff. I tried to download video of gear box but but was a no go,clean oil & good cogs etc. Any info though on that tag number. Photo of that Brake booster I think I need that also if memory serves me right from auto conversion to manual Cheers

Thanks so much for replying Dean, yeah I was gonna give that a crack in the morning & did think wether undoing the top nut & bottom bolts then lowering the jack may work. Hopefully the springs aren't shagged, oh well to bad I'll give that ago & see how I get on.

Hey Guy's. Awesome Andy's amateur mechanical hour strikes again.. Was happy day's removing shock absorbers untill bearing in mind the one's I'm removing are Air shocks with a larger diameter circumference on the upper shock not allowing it to slide out. What's next do I drop the diff & remove the whole spring The little 10mm bolt on a sway bar coming out either side of the diff,is that what I remove? Really don't want to have to do that. Can I remove the top shock cover in the boot & pull out from above, oh god that's getting real amateur hour now. Any tips cuzzie bro's from across the ditch Cheers

Hey Bear, thanks alot. I've gone ahead & bought KYB Xcel G shocks, hopefully they go in with my current springs which i think are just lows not superlows. I did jack it up a little bit & measured the spring which was 25cm from the top to where it sits at the base, give or take a couple centimeters. Also measured bottom of the outer sill to the floor was 12cm. Few of the guys on XF FANATICS have gone with KYB on low shocks, finger's crossed I'm not on super lows, most of the modifications on my car are about 30yrs old now hence there being air shocks which apparently are a thing of the past haha . It's gonna suck if they shocks don't fit 🥴