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Geezzz !!@#$
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I can't get the link to work
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Geez...sounds like the trans could be legendary junk. Jerico or G-Force with a road race slider?
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Eric- thabks for continuing to update thia thread and sharing both the good parts as well as the challe ges! A TH400 will give you an inexpensive baseline and some time to enjoy the car for what it is- an excellent dream car realized. You can alway put a 4 speed in again- or any maual.
I just think you would NOT be wasting your time trying it out with a friendly automatic. |
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It would take another $3K to swap the car to a 400 Turbo at this point--build the trans, add an Ultra Bell, ATI converter, shifter + requisite fab work to install it, trans lines & cooler, plus another driveshaft.
Not happening. Calling the place I bought the trans from tomorrow to see if I can arrange a return to Legend to get this box fixed or if I get to eat a $4K+ trans. God only knows how much more down-time this will add--probably wouldn't be able to get the car out again this year. There's a very, VERY strong probability I'm just going to cut my losses on this car and sell it. I'm so sick of looking at it's not funny. I don't think I'll ever be able to enjoy it at this point. |
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I'd have to agree, this project has fought you too hard. Time to make your exit strategy and move on. Good luck.
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Sorry to hear this Eric, best of luck with whatever you deside to do.
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I've made contact with Legend through the dealer I bought the trans from, waiting to hear back from them.
At this point, my plans are to sell this car, and I'm going to throw a cheap beater together so I have something to test with. The Chevelle just isn't suited for my needs at this point--it's an original 4 speed car, so permanently converting it to automatic just doesn't sit right with me. Most importantly, it's already got low 11 second potential, and that means a cage, which is not happening in this car. Stuck between a rock and a hard place, as the old saying goes. As I'm planning to build something else, whatever I build is going to need a transmission. As such, I'm trying to figure out a way to get my 400 Turbo core built and get my hands on a suitable converter. If I can manage to make that happen, I'm looking to TEMPORARILY stuff it in the Chevelle so I can at least have one more shot at getting this slug-bucket bitch down the track in a manner representative of its power level. I'm sick to death of driveline breakage on this car making me look like a ******* chump @ the track. After that, the driveline comes out along with the interior peripherals (gauges, etc.), the 4.56 12 bolt comes out and the 3.73 goes in, then it's off to a new owner (I hope). There's no repairing the relationship between me and this car at this point. I loathe the sight of it right now, and all I want is for it to be out of my face. |
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Hang in there Eric -- there WILL be better days ... TAZ
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Time for an Oldsmobile:-)
W-Machines are hot!!! Ryan
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