I have not done this type of thing but I have a few questions. Is the Ford 302 V-8 internally balanced or externally balanced??? If it is externally balanced you will need to use a factory flywheel. If it is internally balanced then you can use the tractor's flywheel/pressure plate setup.
I have done a few motor switches in some trucks and other equipment. If the bell housing is big enough, you use the engine's factory flywheel. You then make an adapter plate to bolt your block to the transmission housing. The using the factory engine flywheel you have a machine shop drill holes to use the tractor's clutch/pressure plate setup. With the factory flywheel you can use the regular starter and mounting place. You just need to make the hole in your adapter plate in the correct place.
If the factory engine flywheel will not fit inside the tractor's bell housing then you will need to do some more work/cost. IF the engine is internally balanced you can have the tractor's flywheel made to fit you engines cranks shaft. Then you would use the tractor's starter if possible. The trouble is that the V-8 engine maybe to wide for that to work well. You should be able to make it work with the starter mounted low and next to the oil pan tight.
If the engine is externally balanced and the factory engine flywheel does not fit inside the tractor bell housing then you have an expensive issue. You either have to make an an adapter that is large enough to fit the engine and deep enough that the factory flywheel is in front of the tractor bell housings. If you do this you will need to make an transmission input shaft extension, this is not cheap. The other option is to have a flywheel made that will go in the tractor bell housing but is balanced like the engine needs. This is expensive too.
I have seen some guys make an adapter that replaced the tractor's bell housing completely back to the transmission. These are harder to make and usually do not look very good either.
Maybe if you post this down on the Pullers forum they may have better answers. Some of them may have fitted car/truck motors into tractors to make modified pulling tractors.
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