transmission compatibility

[brushwolf]

If you definitely plan to use the small block 289, it will pull the car along just as good as the original Y block.  That being said, if it was mine I would just find a running FE engine now and many of your issues go away.

[mustang6984]

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                            MMMMMMM  FE good...UH HUH! 

[SkylinerRon]

Even a Ford truck 360 FE would be cheap and easyyyyyyyyyy.

Ron.

[brushwolf]

Yep, a 360 I bought fresh pull runner driven up from TX to MN and just pulled cost me $200, though that was 10 years ago. 360 is just a 390 with different crank and rods also.