Mitsubishi 6G72 RWD conversion eng swap C4 Ford transmission

Bill Hincher · Post by **Bill Hincher** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 4:41 am

This was a huge advancement in this project,I am very happy that all the idea's have come together this well up to this point, the only real obsticale at this piont is the starter mount, but I am sure that will be overcome

anytime you build a ridge into the metal, you have to straighten out the material , this is a punch converted to a shrinker using merchant jaws

this is a pass through flywheel bolt araingement, I have found ARP fasteners for the flywheel

I built a small die to add another bend in the flex plates at the mounting bolt area, notice the fit of the converter nose in the crankshaft coupler

this was a tight fit, it was a series of selected over counter parts that once bolted together everything fell into place

an inch is as good as a mile when you are in charge

Bill Hincher · Post by **Bill Hincher** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 4:42 am

I knew placing the starter would be the toughest part of the build, so I moved ot around many times before I decided on the placement, this is a neet little puzzle

I just keep cutting, fitting ,welding and shaping the housing

Matt Arruda · Post by **Matt Arruda** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 12:10 am

Wow seeing this makes me want to venture into the 6 cly world amazing work Bill. I need to stay off this site because it makes me spend money.

Bill Hincher · Post by **Bill Hincher** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 8:41 am

I would be VERY intrested in getting one of these to you Matt, your a ' getr done ' guy and I would love to see what you can do with it

Matt Arruda · Post by **Matt Arruda** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:13 am

Thanks Bill but please don't I've only been married since June 2011 I need to try and make that 1 year milestone.

If I did'nt have so much tied up into these 4 clys I would change engine program without question, but who knows I'll revisit the thought once I think we are tapped out for HP. Which is far from close at this point.

coltboostin · Post by **coltboostin** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 3:39 pm

WOW Bill! Outstanding work!!

ramlinman · Post by **ramlinman** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 9:46 pm

thats cool bill. thats the swap i've been looking at. is that thing dialed in yet?

Bill Hincher · Post by **Bill Hincher** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 7:23 pm

not yet man, I been filling orders for the older stuff, I havent had time

Bill Hincher · Post by **Bill Hincher** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 11:08 am

there is a difference in starter rotation that has been asked about , when you do a reverse starter application, its good to know you rotate the enging in the proper direction

I must have torn apart 50 starters looking for length and direction

I hated the first starter location, there were two problems with it, first in didnt set the starter between bellhousing bolt boses and relied on only one main bolt station to limlt and deflection in the starter, the other problem was special shifter linkage would have been required

because of the depth of the starter gear, I had a choice. build a custom gear or build the starter body right into the bellhousing, well I hate custom parts, all these parts are available over the counter so I spent the time to place the front of the starter pocket into the bellhousing

I should be filling it all in and getting it to casting this month

Bill Hincher · Post by **Bill Hincher** » Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:45 pm

Bill Hincher · Post by **Bill Hincher** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 3:07 pm

sanding and sanding and sanding and detailing

Bill Hincher · Post by **Bill Hincher** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 8:51 pm

Its pretty close

Bill Hincher · Post by **Bill Hincher** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 2:51 am

Bill Hincher · Post by **Bill Hincher** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 10:23 pm

you can find the U tube vidoe on the starter testing here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1V3cIFw ... e=youtu.be

77amc · Post by **77amc** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 10:08 am

Bill, fantastic work.. Is the C-4 the only trans housing that you're making for this?

As in the second pic in your thread, What is the rough dimensions of the engine complete from manifold to manifold, and front of pulleys to rear?
Is that hole above the bell housing the water outlet of the engine?
Don't know much about the 6g's

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Bill Hincher · Post by **Bill Hincher** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 10:44 am

hi Errol, yeah I will build some new stuff for the 6G72 , yeay that hole is for the coolant line and I dont know the length of the total unit

77amc · Post by **77amc** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 11:02 am

That's OK Bill, I'm heading out to a yard shortly and maybe I can remember my measuring tape this time.
Any 6g72's years better than others?
That would be kinda cool to have 3 weber 32/36's like the Poncho Tri-powers

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77amc · Post by **77amc** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 11:11 am

With your experience with Hondas, I thought you would've made a Acura 3.5 adapter to RWD gm trans by now.. (just a thought/hint. They rotate clock wise right?)

Didn't mean to jack the thread.

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Bill Hincher · Post by **Bill Hincher** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 6:15 am

the starter gear mounts right into the adaptor plate instead of having an extended nose on the starter

I built another flexplate and went back to the GM 153 tooth set up
now I can use a generic reduction gear starter and connect to the GM ring gear

I built another flexplate and went back to the GM 153 tooth set up

77amc · Post by **77amc** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 8:25 pm

You DO realize that from now on there's NO WAY that you can retire..

Great work Bill.

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fastasleep · Post by **fastasleep** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:00 pm

Do you have any of these ready yet, Bill? I am ready to buy! I hope you are doing well, BTW. Sorry so long since talking to you!

-Les

Bill Hincher · Post by **Bill Hincher** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 10:46 am

you mean the K 20a? I should have them in a couple weeks, I am working on some bellhousings while I think about this one for a while, trying to make them as simple as possible