Do you guys have a link to it? And would you advice the conversion.Thanks,Carl

I wanted to add this also.I found someone that has a fmx, he says was bolted a 351W and he will give me the yoke.Does it matter what FMX I use?

This was on the old site, but I cannot find it either.  In a nutshell, the FMX can be bolted to the FOM bellhousing by putting the bolts in the bottom two holes and transferring the upper two bolt holes from the bellhousing to the FMX case.  If your FOM has the 29 spline input shaft instead of the 17 spline, you can put the FOM front pump on the FMX and use the original converter.  If your FOM is 17 spline, you either have to find a 29 spline converter or put the 17 spline input shaft in the FMX.  This involves a complete teardown of both trans.  Or you can leave the FMX front pump on and have a special converter built that is Y block on the front and FMX on the back.  This will require a '59 or later flywheel with the starter ring gear on it, as the special converter will be a sealed unit instead of the bolt-together one in your '56.

At the rear, you may have to fabricate a rear mount, and you may have to shorten or lengthen the driveshaft.  Or, put the FOM output shaft and tail housing on the FMX and use the stock mount and driveshaft.  Watch the tail housing gasket very closely in the lower corners, it may not cover the corner and will leak.  Any FMX will work.

John in Selma, IN

      I don,t mind tearing into them.Carl

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Also,Can just get a starter ring and seal for this toque conveter?I just try that first.

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I will go ahead and make a little confession.......I had this set in to mock up some mounts.

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To put this in.

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And I started to think about just keeping the old y.I guess I better get busy on it too.

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P.S. I just looked at that starter ring again.I think I am going to try to cut those welds and see if I can,t just flip it around and reweld it.Have any of you tried to do this?

One if you use the FMX tail shaft the speedometer cable and geer will have to be changed if you are going into a 56 or older car.

point two,  if you use a low torque starter I don't think you will need to worry about the ring geer and you will end up with a much better starter.  Just my thoughts.  Gerry

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I am starting to see why some of you folks just but an adapter.I am not sure if I want to spend that much on the old car.I might go with a different engine after all.

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John in Selma, IN

         So I am thinking about trying this again.It,s out of a 1976 truck but I don,t know for sure what it might have orginally been from.

        My question is: When searching for a pump and torque converter,What year and model cars and trucks should I look for?(besides the 57-59)

        In other words,when I am looking on craigslist or ebay.What cars and truck should I search? I see fe engines and trans from time to time.Would those have cruiseo,s?

        http://www.y-blocksforever.com/tech/html/fmx_upgrade.html

         I think I am reading the article right ,that you can use a cruiseo pump and torque converter also?

Unless you are going to have a high horsepower engine and racing slicks, there is probably no advantage for you to convert to an FMX, your only gain would be the 1-2-3 shift, which can be done by upgrading the FOM.  The cooler is a good idea, but if you choose the FMX you can put the FOM input shaft and front pump on the FMX and retain your original converter.

Sounds like the sensible solution.  I doubt if you'll ever drive enough miles to pay for the AOD conversion with fuel savings.