Recent content by 1981Z06Vette

Thanks! I had thought the crossmember would be the hardest part of the swap, but it was actually the easiest. Its around 21-2200 RPM. The same guys who did the trans rebuild supplied the convertor (Neal Racing, the link is above). I have used their stuff for years, and been very pleased with it.

I have had good luck using vinegar myself...its great on pitted, but otherwise good sheetmetal, and for rusty tools. I'll have to try the electroysis method sometime, thanks for sharing!

This is on an '81. I know, most say don't remove the front clip unless its damaged and being replaced, but mine has some rust in the birdcage at the top edge of the fender, and the only way to properly address it is to take the clip off. I have it unbolted at the front, and the strip going...

Sorry Gene, I don't think there is one...

If the stock shifter had been in the car still, I would have used it along with a Shiftworks conversion, but it was gone and the guys who put in the TCI trans recessed the Quicksilver into a steel box a few inches below the floor. Fortunately, it wasn't deep enough to cause interference with the...

When I first talked to Reed, it was about an issue he was having with the shifter (B&M Quicksilver). He told me the trans was a TCI TH350 with a reverse pattern manual valve body; way overkill/mismatched for a nice cruiser like this. The convertor in the thing stalled at around 3400, way above...

Here are some pics of a 78 Vette that I recently put a TH2004R transmission in (sorry about the orientation of the pics; not sure how to correct that on here). The crossmember needed only to have the bolt on TH350 mounting portion removed, and the trans attached directly to the crossmember. I...

Spending that kind of cash on an automatic, though, you could get a TH2004r that would hold the power. From the right builder, you could probably get a 4L80E. Most of the really quick Buick GNs are still running the 200 trans, and before someone says "thats just a V6", they make ungodly torque...