My Car :)

[Caleb]

[Caleb]

Debating whether or not to post the rust pictures of where its ate thru, stupid freaking quarter panels.

[Drifte]

looks pretty good, a domestic panda. Get it to run down the track yet?

[Caleb]

Wont be running it down the track till i get a new TH350 or TH400 transmission( beefy 3 speed transmissions). The 700R4 (weak 4 speed) is already slipping after getting on it full throttle 10-15 times. Looking into a loan here real soon to get one built to throw in. But I'm guessing quarter mile times would be 12-13 out of it. It pulls pretty hard and puts ya in your seat

[Domestic Disturbance]

be happy its a 700r4 instead of later fbodies with their 4l60e. 5th gens look to have that problem taken care of for those weird auto people

[Malibu]

Caleb there is a guy in Watkins that works on transmissions, Jim's Transmissions. He is a very nice guy and does a hell of a job. He is reasonable on his prices and has been doing it for years. He built mine in my Malibu and said he could build just about whatever you want. If you want to keep that overdrive I know he did one for a guy that I used to work with who was running about 500hp and it was holding up fine.



Aaron

[DustinsDuster]

i think Apples might still have the built up TH350 out of his Monte he only wanted like $150 for, i'll ask him this weekend. youd still need a torque converter though- id suggest somewhere in the 3000-3500rpm range.

the problem with 700R4's is the gearing; it has such a low 1st gear (3.2 something if i remember right), and 2nd gear is such a jump, that the tranny cant handle the stress when you start making power. they can be built up, but if i remember right, its a bit more expensive than a TH350 or TH400.

[Caleb]

Im thinking about having mine done @ Fountains Transmission where Jakes got his done at. But if that TH350 is still laying around, i might be interested in it, I would just need to know if its built to handle about 425 flywheel horsepower and or if it has the longer tailshaft so it can bolt right in.

[DustinsDuster]

it shouldnt take much to get a TH350 to handle that. my 727 blew 3 times before i finally took it to Fountains. i dont think they did anything too crazy with it, and it held my motor spraying 125hp in first gear even. per the numbers we calculated my car made around 425hp at the crank as well.

by the way; i called Apples, and his TH350 is now in an 18 y.o. girl's El Camino. sorry.

[Caleb]

Nah its cool, I need to get a loan to start building credit, so im prolly gonna get a new one.