Adapt ANY Engine to ANY Transmission!

One piece of advice from someone who has made many engine/transmission adaptations: centering the mill with the pilot bearing as shown is a good starting point, but you should absolutely sweep the flywheel with a dial indicator to ensure absolutely centered. At some place on every flywheel there will be some sort of bore or boss that you can take a reading with. Usually the bore that mates to the crankshaft is the best place. Even a cheap $12 indicator will get you much closer than relying on the pilot bearing bore which can vary or slop by as much as .005". Not so critical on diesel engines that run under 2000 RPM, but very important to crankshaft and bearing life on most gasoline engines. An out of center flywheel can usually be balanced to run smooth, but there will still be a certain amount of harmonics that the crankshaft must now absorb. Older cast iron crankshafts will be in danger of stress cracking in a long running setup. 5 minutes of detail could save hundreds of dollars and hours of headache.

Bolting Jaguar, Ford and Chevy parts together is enough to cause a rip in the fabric of time and space, or give a mechanic a brain hemorrhage when he tries to order parts. Nice combo.

True old school hot rodding. Making custom parts pre CNC style, badass.

I have no illusions of ever attempting this type of project, but your concise and clear style caught and held me from start to end. You are a builder, problem solver, and machinist, but best of all a teacher. Well done.

40+ years of electrifying restorations, customs and hot rods has taught me many things. One of those things is don't ever make the mistake of telling a hot rodder "it" can't be done. They will do "it" just to prove you wrong.

“If it can be done, then why can’t I do it?” You should hang that quote on the wall! Excellent work, young man! 👍

Your the guy that gives the autozone clerk a headache

2010 Internet: "You can't do this!" 2020 Internet: "This is how you do it!" Very inspirational, thank you so much!

When you're very young you always seem to be looking up to older people doing amazing things, now at 60 I get so much enjoyment seeing such young talent being developed and wonder what they will achieve next, this is magnificent work, well done.

i took a job in 87...for a company...in place machining ...it soon got to me that i had not ever thought of doing field machining of things just too big to take to a shop....so...if needed the owners would custom design a machine or adapt an existing one...to do about any job...it made me a believer in the slogan IF YOU CAN IMAGINE IT...YOU CAN BUILD IT! my boss told me...if we can buy it...we buy it...if not we make it...they had castings made from molds they built...and at times fabricated some expensive machines just to do a job that was presented...this made the owners a good chunk of cash...no matter...endless workaholics...constantly in demand... think out of the box...but also remain practical...and success will follow !

I'm not a machinist or a mechanic but this was amazing to watch. True craftsmanship!

Man, I really enjoyed watching your work. And inventiveness. I'm an old 'geezer gearhead' from the late 50s into the 60s. I never had equipment quite that good when I was doing the king of stuff that your doing. Oh, I liked the 'old fashioned ' hand taping of threads. I still use hand type taps and dies. Thank you for posting this video. It brought back many memories for me from 60 yrs. ago. (77 yr. old geezer gearhead)

This is the beauty of having a Mill and a Lathe in your shop.

“If it can be done, then why can’t I do it?” No better quote to describe any of the work you have ever done Vince. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Hey my man, I am a Certified Master Diesel Mechanic & Machinist. I gotta tell you, you made it accessible and easy to understand. Love your skills and your machine tools!!!!

And this is why Bridgeport mills are still very popular.

Johnny Cash - One Piece At A Time - “ the transmission was a ‘53 and the motor turned out to be a ‘73 and when we went to put in the bolts all the holes were gone.” “So we drilled it out so that it would fit and with a little bit of help from an A-DAPTER KIT we had it running just like a song”

Hey Vince. We are all counting on you to single-handedly bring back manufacturing to the United States. I’m pretty sure you can pull that off working nights and weekends while you’re studying engineering. I’m looking forward to your first video on your master plan for saving us all.

I was a machinist in 1979-82 making landing gear parts for 747s and Navy fighters ..this video reminds me of those old days of real Craftsmanship ...good work young man !

You do a great job with limited tools which is the thrill of the achievement. Thanks. Your confidence is contagious. By the way, I am a retired machinist, 40+ years.