In stock form, the 200R4 is not as strong as the 700R4. You need to get a quality rebuild that can handle the expra power that most of our cars can produce. There are people with turbo Grand Nationals that have 200R4s that take a ton more power than any stock 700R4 could take, so you know they can be strengthened. You can find lots of information on the sites for the GN guys. Also search the Team Chevelle site (http://www.chevelles.com/) for threads that talk about the 200 and 700 transmissions.
Brad Waller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) '66 Corvette | 327/dead | 4-speed | Wilwood Brakes | 245/45/16 BFG R1 '67 Chevelle | ex-SS396 | 355/700R4 | F-Body Brakes | 275/40/17 Kumho MX _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Russ Miesner Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 4:55 PM To: The Chevelle Mailing List Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Suggestions/Help please... :) I noticed someone talk about the 200R and stated it is the same length as what was already in the car. What are the disadvantages of the 200R versus the 700R? I would think everyone would use the 200R if it requires less modifications. Any explanations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Russ _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:19:12 +0000 Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Suggestions/Help please... :) Nice! _____ Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:04:11 -0500 To: [email protected] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Suggestions/Help please... :) At 09:39 AM 3/24/2008, you wrote: Mine, Wife drove her 66 elky down I picked it up, had to wait while they dyno'ed the trans (they do that to all trans). We installed it ourselves. This was just before Dale had his done, we figured gas savings would pay for it & did yrs ago. Now with maybe $4.00 a gal for reg it won't take long at all. and the 700R4 is sweet about 1800 rpm @ 70 sipping gas with 383 motor ac on.... To add to this the Elky at that time had a 350 in it, when the Wife installed the new 383 she wasn't happy with the shift hardness, she wanted it to shift harder as she had been driving her 1971 blown camaro TH400 in Dallas for 14 years. Called Greg, he said drive it down, she did & they worked on it for about 3 hours, got it to shift hard like she wanted! Bill NO CHARGE! They take care of you. Her 71 Camaro pics is here. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/1876/ 66 Elky 383 build is here (yes she did install the motor) I helped & handed her tools.... http://www.geocities.com/Athens/1876/engine.html http://www.geocities.com/cookie.geo/ready.html http://www.geocities.com/dobedave/sleeper.html
