Mornin' all.
This is the first car that I have ever rebuilt, much less worked on. The motor is complete and runs great, suspension is super. Now it is time to upgrade the tranny and rear end in this 1970 Chevelle. I have not yet decided if I want to tackle the rebuild of the transmission (I will be placing a 700R4 behind my 377) or just purchasing a new one from Summit. I have looked in the Tech Reference site at some of Wes' articles.... still trying to locate the right replacement. The articles are great, BTW.
I was planning on taking the car to a local shop and have them convert the original 10 bolt open 3:08 to a 10 bolt posi 3:73. That is until they told me it would be around 1000 bucks. I am now contemplating rebuilding it myself.
I know that someone out there has tackled this before. What sort of things do I need to be aware of? What all is involved? Remember, this will be the first time that I have ever done anything like this, but I think that I can save a lot of money doing it myself. I will probably pay more attention to detail than some guy at a shop, too.
Suggestions? Comments?
Thanks in advance....
Chuck
This is the first car that I have ever rebuilt, much less worked on. The motor is complete and runs great, suspension is super. Now it is time to upgrade the tranny and rear end in this 1970 Chevelle. I have not yet decided if I want to tackle the rebuild of the transmission (I will be placing a 700R4 behind my 377) or just purchasing a new one from Summit. I have looked in the Tech Reference site at some of Wes' articles.... still trying to locate the right replacement. The articles are great, BTW.
I was planning on taking the car to a local shop and have them convert the original 10 bolt open 3:08 to a 10 bolt posi 3:73. That is until they told me it would be around 1000 bucks. I am now contemplating rebuilding it myself.
I know that someone out there has tackled this before. What sort of things do I need to be aware of? What all is involved? Remember, this will be the first time that I have ever done anything like this, but I think that I can save a lot of money doing it myself. I will probably pay more attention to detail than some guy at a shop, too.
Suggestions? Comments?
Thanks in advance....
Chuck