79 700R4 upgrade
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79 700R4 upgrade
I have a 79 I'm upgrading with a ZZ4 and BTO 700R4 and wondered if anyone can recommend a transmission shop in the Ft Worth area that has experience with that installation. Or is it something my engine guy can do. He says he can, and I have no reason to believe he can't as I have used him for several years and he is competent and trustworthy. I was going over the installation guide and the guidelines seem fairly custom oriented. Any other words of wisdom would be gratefully accepted!
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Be careful and ask him if he knows how to set up the TV cable for the transmission.. If he says yes have him go over it with you .. Because if he does that wrong you will smoke the trans almost instantly.
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If you go with BTO's cross member and throttle/TV cable kit and a Shiftworks shifter conversion kit, it makes the swap very simple except the TV adjustment and shortening the drive shaft. The TV adjustment is actually pretty simple, but it still is where most of the problems arise.
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That's where I was going if my guy balked. Thanks for the reply.
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On a scale of 1-10 the 700r4 swap is a 3-4. The tv cable setup is only a few minutes.
The speedo cable change if you had cruise control, welding or installing and aftermarket cross over tranny mount, shorten and balance drive shaft , and the tranny cooler were the most time consuming.
IMO - even changing the stock shifter is a waste of time and money. Who really needs to be able to put their tranny in first gear, Just buy the tranny with a 5000 rpm governor and let it do an 1-2 auto shift and then you can do manual 2-3 3-4
http://www.superchevy.com/technical/...n/viewall.html
The speedo cable change if you had cruise control, welding or installing and aftermarket cross over tranny mount, shorten and balance drive shaft , and the tranny cooler were the most time consuming.
IMO - even changing the stock shifter is a waste of time and money. Who really needs to be able to put their tranny in first gear, Just buy the tranny with a 5000 rpm governor and let it do an 1-2 auto shift and then you can do manual 2-3 3-4
http://www.superchevy.com/technical/...n/viewall.html
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I have a 79 I'm upgrading with a ZZ4 and BTO 700R4 and wondered if anyone can recommend a transmission shop in the Ft Worth area that has experience with that installation. Or is it something my engine guy can do. He says he can, and I have no reason to believe he can't as I have used him for several years and he is competent and trustworthy. I was going over the installation guide and the guidelines seem fairly custom oriented. Any other words of wisdom would be gratefully accepted!
Hit me with any questions you have. You can do this for the price of the kit and the price to have the drive shaft shortened by a shop.
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On a scale of 1-10 the 700r4 swap is a 3-4. The tv cable setup is only a few minutes.
The speedo cable change if you had cruise control, welding or installing and aftermarket cross over tranny mount, shorten and balance drive shaft , and the tranny cooler were the most time consuming.
IMO - even changing the stock shifter is a waste of time and money. Who really needs to be able to put their tranny in first gear, Just buy the tranny with a 5000 rpm governor and let it do an 1-2 auto shift and then you can do manual 2-3 3-4
http://www.superchevy.com/technical/...n/viewall.html
The speedo cable change if you had cruise control, welding or installing and aftermarket cross over tranny mount, shorten and balance drive shaft , and the tranny cooler were the most time consuming.
IMO - even changing the stock shifter is a waste of time and money. Who really needs to be able to put their tranny in first gear, Just buy the tranny with a 5000 rpm governor and let it do an 1-2 auto shift and then you can do manual 2-3 3-4
http://www.superchevy.com/technical/...n/viewall.html
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On a scale of 1-10 the 700r4 swap is a 3-4. The tv cable setup is only a few minutes.
The speedo cable change if you had cruise control, welding or installing and aftermarket cross over tranny mount, shorten and balance drive shaft , and the tranny cooler were the most time consuming.
IMO - even changing the stock shifter is a waste of time and money. Who really needs to be able to put their tranny in first gear, Just buy the tranny with a 5000 rpm governor and let it do an 1-2 auto shift and then you can do manual 2-3 3-4
http://www.superchevy.com/technical/...n/viewall.html
The speedo cable change if you had cruise control, welding or installing and aftermarket cross over tranny mount, shorten and balance drive shaft , and the tranny cooler were the most time consuming.
IMO - even changing the stock shifter is a waste of time and money. Who really needs to be able to put their tranny in first gear, Just buy the tranny with a 5000 rpm governor and let it do an 1-2 auto shift and then you can do manual 2-3 3-4
http://www.superchevy.com/technical/...n/viewall.html