The 196 6cyl in my '65 Rambler American is tired, tho every day I drive it, it runs better, but it smokes blue almost all the time, it has a slight valve problem, along with the fact it's hard to get parts for it, it's not very economical ither. I want to upgrade to a 302 Ford/ AOD from a '86-90 Crown Vic/ Grand Marquis to get better MPG. I'd keep the EFI and air conditioning, along with the condensor, evaporator ect ( get a vintage air under dash unit and hook it all up ).. I know the BW transmission is closely related to the FMX trans, but will the factory trans X member work for the AOD?

I'll run the 196 until somthing happens to it, but I don't expect it to last long