silentnight1
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Is it possible to put a tranny from a grand national in a typhoon or will the tranfer case interfere.....to be honest i haven't got under and looked (lazy)....just curious
tranny swap question
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cloneman315
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Re: tranny swap question
i dont think so
i dont think so
QUICK STORM
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Re: tranny swap question
why, just get one from waller. i plan on doing this SOON!
why, just get one from waller. i plan on doing this SOON!
myclone
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syclonekid43
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Re: tranny swap question
wont work. GN is 2wd and im gonna say the bell housing is diffrent between a buick block and a chevy block.or was that an olds block that was diffrent?
wont work. GN is 2wd and im gonna say the bell housing is diffrent between a buick block and a chevy block.or was that an olds block that was diffrent?
'JustDreamin'
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Re: tranny swap question
Syclonekid43 is right, but the bellhousing has nothing to do with it. The 200R4 was offered in both Chevy and BOP bellhousing configurations, so its really a matter of building up the right core.
HOWEVER the problem is all about 2wd vs 4wd. The 200R4 (which is used in the GN) is 2wd only. Never offered in a 4wd application and doesn't have a removeable tailshaft housing. Therefore, the transfercase can't be bolted to the transmission. If you were really creative, you could put the transfer case in as a divorced case (mounted seperately) but that really isn't a good choice either.
Also, cost will be a big factor. To get the 200R4 to tolerate the big hp buicks, basically everything in the trans is replaced with high dollar billet parts and such. You're probably looking at spending as much to build a 200R4 right as it costs to do the 4L80E conversion (and then you've got to figure out the transfercase mounting thing).
Basically, the 200R4 is a no-go.
'JustDreamin'
syclonekid43 said:
Syclonekid43 is right, but the bellhousing has nothing to do with it. The 200R4 was offered in both Chevy and BOP bellhousing configurations, so its really a matter of building up the right core.
HOWEVER the problem is all about 2wd vs 4wd. The 200R4 (which is used in the GN) is 2wd only. Never offered in a 4wd application and doesn't have a removeable tailshaft housing. Therefore, the transfercase can't be bolted to the transmission. If you were really creative, you could put the transfer case in as a divorced case (mounted seperately) but that really isn't a good choice either.
Also, cost will be a big factor. To get the 200R4 to tolerate the big hp buicks, basically everything in the trans is replaced with high dollar billet parts and such. You're probably looking at spending as much to build a 200R4 right as it costs to do the 4L80E conversion (and then you've got to figure out the transfercase mounting thing).
Basically, the 200R4 is a no-go.
'JustDreamin'
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