a buddy bought a 460/C6 setup, rebuilt the engine and is planning to get it installed in his 61 lincoln. he hasn't done much, if any homework on the install and the issues he may/will face. another thread mentioned the large bellhousing and the need to modify the tunnel/floor. from someone who has done this swap, what else is in the cards? just the facts please. yes, he should have kept the 430, but lets not get into that.
There is a C-6 that will fit the transmission tunnel but it is rare. I actually have one. You'll need mounts & the correct exhaust manifolds too. I don't remember but I think you might have to run a different pulley set-up too. All the early 460 Lincolns I have scavenged had the power steering pump built into the timing cover & the damper had pulley grooves in it. I would bet you can just get by with the smaller C-6 or modifying the tunnel.
That body was made up to 69 or 70 and in late 68 they got a 460 so if the mounts could be found a 460 could be bolted in a 61.
so you just use mounts from a later lincoln? how about the C6? does the tunnel over the bellhousing really need to be enlarged? what year C6 is the one that fits the stock firewall tunnel? thanks.
Not all later Lincoln mounts will work just the one that shared the same body back to 61,as for the C-6 I cant tell you which one will work but if it has the ribs cast in the top near the motor they should be able to be ground off for clearance issues.
The only issue I see is that you are going to be freaking RAD, and haul a bunch of *** when its done!
Find a rough late 68 to 69 continental with the 460 and you will have all the parts you need,the early 68s still had the MEL.
great, thanks for all the info. sorry to be dumb, but what's MEL stand for? keep it coming if there's anything else that comes to mind.
John Walker, you'll find lots of info on this sub-forum: http://www.thelincolnforum.net/phpbb3/viewforum.php?f=12 From the top off my head a 460/C6 in a slabside calls for work on the motor mounts/siderails, headers, shift linkage/transmission hump, drive shaft. A few members have done it and posted their how-to's. cheers, Reijer
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