prefered tranny?

[darkshadow]

yeah but the 400 was stock

why would I pump 2000 bucks into something that still needs to be build by someone good to hold up.

i have seen lots of "race" built trannys smoked only after a few runs build by a "racing" shop.

if i had that cash i would go 4500 or hell if were fantasizing i could go nv5600.

why you pimping this anyway? your busness?

 

[uglytruk]

Nope, not my busyness at all. Landlord. Only thing I have 4 sale is my ... well let's not go there...

 

[smalltruckbigcid]

My .02:

so I called BowTie Overdrive and ordered up a Stage II. Well another year has lapsed, and ya' know what? This automatic thing is starting to grow on me. A grunt low gear, an OD forth, hell now I've got the turbo mount: turbo's love autos, don't they?
Now my this 700 (BTO) shifts the way it should (the previous one was a rebuilt peice of crap). Guess I'm getting old.....

I gotta give it up for BTO. Put one in a buddys car and that thing works great. I even visited the shop and picked it up. I thought the line about how they test all the trannys in a car was bs...uh that turned out to be true. They have several that they test them in. And the test ride I got was not gentle

On the question as why a th400 sucks power. In 1st gear it turns the 2nd gear clutch hub in the opposite direction of engine rotation. And that damm thing weighs like 20 pounds.....
George

 

[uglytruk]

And the test ride I got was not gentle

Kewl!

 

[uglytruk]

Is this how they test them?

...taken 1979

 

[smalltruckbigcid]

Pretty much....
George

 

[AJMBLAZER]

In a dream world I'd do a NV4500 in Big Ugly ala Rene's K5. However reality says if I'm to get OD it'll likely be a TH700R4. A well built 700 will more than stand up to anything a 6.2L can do to it.

 

[BKinzey]

I'll agree with AMJBlazer but since the question was posted over a year ago hopefully the decision has already been made

 

[darkshadow]

well.......

still waiting for a nice 465/205 to come out of the wood work, so....

oh and had to pull the trcuk off the road and am running another sub right now, till i deside to build the old frame and swap a body, or build off this 1/2ton that is my DD