Re: Transmission Modifications/replacement

Posted by Tim Cole On 2013/3/7 21:20:48

Steve needs to drive either a stick shift Carribean or one of those 727 conversions.

You don't realize how much brawn is digested by the Ultramatic unless you drive the alternative. I hear alot of enthusiasm for the 700R4 and if Steve lives in the wide open spaces maybe that's even better. Too much speed will overwhelm the brakes.

The lack of soft parts in the Utramatic is another total bummer because once those high range clutch shafts wear and start leaking the game is over. I also think the the torque converters suffer from fluid slip in the poor performers.

I don't even know if George Hamlin is still alive, but he made that conversion a labor of love. Behind the V-8 the trans is alot more more acceptable, but for the straight eight it's a dog.