<VV> 140 PG to 110 4-sp conversion

[James Davis]

The engine peak torque is the same for the 140 and 110 (the rpm at 
which it is developed is different). The heavy 140 clutch pressure 
plate is to allow the stored inertia of the plate to help launch the 
car as the 140 have little low end torque (below 2,000 rpm).
Jim Davis


  09:28 AM 4/3/2006, Me wrote:
>Rats! I never gave much thought to this when I started swaping 
>engines between my cars but it just dawned on me that the pressure 
>plate on a 110 engine likely wont be strong enough to work on a 140. 
>Does anyone have any experience in this? Anything else I need to buy 
>for a successful 110 to 140 swap? I'm taking the 140 motor only from 
>my '66 sedan with a PG and putting it into my '66 coupe with a 4-speed.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Art in Missouri