Re: Re: [Chevelle-list] Automatic Transmission

[jim402]

> Hey how you doing? I own a 70 Chevelle SS,big block,,I had a700r4 put into 
> our SS,it has the highest stall convertor yet retains the lockup feature!,, 
> great for playtime,yet great for economy and driveability,,no problems 
> w/reliability at all
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Tue Mar 22, 10:48 PM
> To: Chevelle-list@chevelles.net
> Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Automatic Transmission
> 
> In a message dated 3/22/2005 8:52:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Hey guys,
>             Just wanted to know the going rate for a TH350 and a TH400 for a 
> 69 chevelle and what years are interchangeable if not all.  I have a TH350 
> that came with my car but to rebuild it seems to be more than what a local 
> junkyard is asking ($175) for a TH400 they just pulled from a Monte Carlo.  
> Would it 
> be better to switch transmissions now with plans to beef up my engine?  If I 
> do that do I go with the junkyard offer or do any of you happen to have an 
> extra 400 sitting around that you want to sell?  Anyone want a th350? 
> I wouldn't put a used junkyard transmission into a car.  It probably needs to 
> be rebuilt as well.  I can get TH400 cores for $75.  Do you really need a 
> TH400??  A TH350 will hold just fine behind a stout small block, unless you 
> are 
> planning to build a stout big block, then you will need a TH400.  A good 
> rebuild on a TH350 should run you no more than $600.  That's what I paid for 
> a 
> street/strip TH350 with an ATI converter that I had built to go behind the 
> 300 HP 
> 350 in my 86 Cutlass.  My 70 SS on the other hand has a pro street built 
> TH400 
> with an ATI converter and that ran me $1000, but it's bullitproof.
> 
> Tom
> 
> 

In a message dated 3/22/2005 8:52:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hey guys,             Just wanted to know the going rate for a TH350 and a TH400 for a 69 chevelle and what years are interchangeable if not all.  I have a TH350 that came with my car but to rebuild it seems to be more than what a local junkyard is asking ($175) for a TH400 they just pulled from a Monte Carlo.  Would it be better to switch transmissions now with plans to beef up my engine?  If I do that do I go with the junkyard offer or do any of you happen to have an extra 400 sitting around that you want to sell?  Anyone want a th350? I wouldn't put a used junkyard transmission into a car.  It probably needs to be rebuilt as well.  I can get TH400 cores for $75.  Do you really need a TH400??  A TH350 will hold just fine behind a stout small block, unless you are planning to build a stout big block, then you will need a TH400.  A good rebuild on a TH350 should run you no more than $600.  That's what I paid for a street/strip TH350 with an ATI converter that I had built to go behind the 300 HP 350 in my 86 Cutlass.  My 70 SS on the other hand has a pro street built TH400 with an ATI converter and that ran me $1000, but it's bullitproof.   Tom