78 turbo regal tranny swap

[mattmittenz516]

trannys done, she drives great

 

[cowboydan]

you didn't happen to take any pics eh?

i have a few questions about locking converters. what will happen if i get a locking converter on th350? will it give me the sensation of having a 4th gear? and now, how does the converter lock work for racing? is this different than a trans brake? ohh, and how do you manually lock the converter? you don't have to get out and make a linkage adjustment or anything?

 

[FlintBuick4Life]

Don`t mean to hijack, but since we are talking trans... would a 700 bolt in place of my 350? I`m planing on dropping a Vortec 350 in my regal while I rebuild the 3.8

 

[charlief1]

you didn't happen to take any pics eh?

i have a few questions about locking converters. what will happen if i get a locking converter on th350? will it give me the sensation of having a 4th gear? and now, how does the converter lock work for racing? is this different than a trans brake? ohh, and how do you manually lock the converter? you don't have to get out and make a linkage adjustment or anything?

A locking convertor will reduce the slipping of the convertor kinda like a manual clutch. It's an electrical connection on the tranny so you can use a toggle switch to turn it on. Look on the tranny for a square plug and that's the connector for the clutch.

 

[charlief1]

Don`t mean to hijack, but since we are talking trans... would a 700 bolt in place of my 350? I`m planing on dropping a Vortec 350 in my regal while I rebuild the 3.8

Yes, but you will most likely have to add the extra crossmember mount to be able to do it, as well as a different driveshaft.

 

[FlintBuick4Life]

Yes, but you will most likely have to add the extra crossmember mount to be able to do it, as well as a different driveshaft.

I was afraid of that... so basically my only other option would be to just find a 200-4r? Is there a difference between a Buick 200-4r and a Chevy?

 

[charlief1]

The 200R4 came with a BOPC bell on it many times so it shouldn't be that hard to find Jase. It's also the better tranny.

 

[mattmittenz516]

Yes ill post pics asap

 

[mattmittenz516]

I didnt even bother witth lockup, for what??? I live in the city and also I know ill forget to turn it off lmao,

 

[mikemcvaney]

Did nit have to add any thing to my car to put a 700 r4 in it just shortened the drive shaft and very slight tranny mount adjustmant. It has been in the car since 2000 no problems at all.

 

[mattmittenz516]

i like the 200r4 better than the 700r4 alsso

 

[cowboydan]

what car did the 700r4 come out of?

 

[mikemcvaney]

It came out of an Iroc had it rebuilt and upgraded before it got put in. The only problem was the Iroc stall is only about 1400 behind a V6. Putting in a 2800 soon