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Charlie Stephens · 10-28-2017, 12:07 AM

It would have to be a very slow day and I would have to have done everything else on the car before I would consider changing to a Muncie. My choice would be to put the later gears ('39 and up) into your box. Is the transmission giving you trouble, rebuild it with later gears? Remember you are also going to need to convert to an open drive. If you are running stock wire wheels (I like either stock or Kelsey's) you will need to adapt them to the later rear end (which may not be easy). Another thought of something you might be trying to improve by changing the transmission, do you have a good ratio in the rear end? How about some pictures of your car? Final thought, if I was upgrading the transmission to a modern one I would pay a few extra bucks up front and get one with an overdrive top gear.

Charlie Stephens

10-28-2017, 12:07 AM	#4
Charlie Stephens Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Southern California Posts: 7,033	Re: 33 ford with muncie It would have to be a very slow day and I would have to have done everything else on the car before I would consider changing to a Muncie. My choice would be to put the later gears ('39 and up) into your box. Is the transmission giving you trouble, rebuild it with later gears? Remember you are also going to need to convert to an open drive. If you are running stock wire wheels (I like either stock or Kelsey's) you will need to adapt them to the later rear end (which may not be easy). Another thought of something you might be trying to improve by changing the transmission, do you have a good ratio in the rear end? How about some pictures of your car? Final thought, if I was upgrading the transmission to a modern one I would pay a few extra bucks up front and get one with an overdrive top gear. Charlie Stephens Last edited by Charlie Stephens; 10-28-2017 at 08:24 PM.