My parts car for "project sleeper" (77 Ford Granada, 351W, C4) has the tranny that has the dipstick in the pan. People here have mentioned that C4's with the dipstick in the pan is better and/or stronger than regular C4's with the dipstick in the case. What makes it better or stronger than the case mounted dipstick C4's?
A previous granada I owned 11 years ago (78, 302, C4) had a case mounted dipstick tranny that I went over after I had the 302 rebuilt with some goodies. That tranny worked pretty good with that engine. It had no problems laying a patch with each upshift and worked quite well even though I never got around to doing the rear end (still had the lame 2.42 open diff.)
So what difference if any is there between a pan mounted dipstick C4 and a case mounted one? (both being V8 trannies let's say)
Another question, I would like to install a deep tranny pan when I rebuilt the C4 for "project sleeper". Most deep tranny pans I see don't provide a place to mount the dipstick if you are using a pan mounted C4. They assume that the C4 would be a case mounted dipstick one. So who makes a deep pan for a C4 that provides for the dipstick mounting in the pan? TIA.
A previous granada I owned 11 years ago (78, 302, C4) had a case mounted dipstick tranny that I went over after I had the 302 rebuilt with some goodies. That tranny worked pretty good with that engine. It had no problems laying a patch with each upshift and worked quite well even though I never got around to doing the rear end (still had the lame 2.42 open diff.)
So what difference if any is there between a pan mounted dipstick C4 and a case mounted one? (both being V8 trannies let's say)
Another question, I would like to install a deep tranny pan when I rebuilt the C4 for "project sleeper". Most deep tranny pans I see don't provide a place to mount the dipstick if you are using a pan mounted C4. They assume that the C4 would be a case mounted dipstick one. So who makes a deep pan for a C4 that provides for the dipstick mounting in the pan? TIA.