lenbal

HI
I have a 383 Stroker, TH400 and 355 gears.

I'm taking out my Th400 Auto and putting in a 700 R 4. Can I use the same shifter or need a new one? If I need a new one any recommendations for a really good one? Are there any console adjustments required to change it out.

Where can i get a new console shifter plate to show the 4 gears? Will a C-4 plate fit in the console, again any or many adjustments required?

Appreciate any help..Thanks Len

corvette74

Len try shiftworks thats what I used for my 4L65e swap.

Dale

7T1vette

You can use the same shifter. The only difference between the shifter for the 400 and the 700R is the detent plate that captures the shifter mechanism for each gear. If you leave it the same, you can only select 2nd, 3rd, and O/D ranges. It will still start in 1st and upshift as needed, regardless of the shifter position. But, you can't lock it into 1st range. This is exactly how the 1982 shifter worked, as the engineers didn't want the public to be selecting 1st range. Thereafter, the shift plate was changed to add the other detent position.

You can purchase another detent plate from some of the tranny builders, you can remove the detent plate and rework it to add the required notch, or you can just ignore it like me. The next time I need to 'dig' into the trans tunnel, I might revise that plate.

Note: I would really like the tranny to start in 2nd range unless it was manually shifted into 1st range. For normal driving, 1st range in a 700R [or 200-4R] is more of a nuisance.

diehrd

shiftworks and there stuff is perfect , I was lucky they happen to be located in my home town .

Trae1976

The Shiftworks kit worked great for me as well.

Easy Mike

lenbal

Hi
thanks for all for your responses. Shiftworks has a conversion kit, made for the car. $94 and all you the pieces and parts needed to make a perfect transfer

again thanks to all Len