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- From: frank@marvin.contex.com (Frank Perdicaro)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: TH350 vs. TH400
- Message-ID: <3337@contex.contex.com>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 15:16:31 GMT
- References: <Jan.22.12.43.11.1993.25844@trident.usacs.rutgers.edu> <1993Jan23.193746.25279@newstand.syr.edu> <1993Jan25.121339.15258@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan25.121339.15258@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> dwsmall@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Derek 'Enzo' Small) writes:
- >Someone asked about a TH700 a while back and no one else offerd anything
- >yet so if you're reading... The TH700 is basically an electronically
- >controled version of the TH250 but for front wheel drive vehicles.
-
- It was me that asked about the TH700. I have acreeted a pile of info
- about them. Not enough to be genuinly eduacational, but enough to
- speak about them.
-
- Most of what you said about the TH700 is wrong. Its a 4 speed auto
- similar to the TH350, but with a lower first gear. Its rear wheel
- drive, and longer than many TH350s. It can be made strong, but the
- early ones, and the small (S10) versions are weak. The TH700 can be
- made completely "non-electronic", but REQUIRES a properly fitted
- "kick-down" cable. As far as I can see, it is the 4 speed auto of
- choice.
-
- There are three useful sources of TH700 info I know. The first comes
- from, of all places, JC Whitney! They sell a good book on the thing.
- Second, Popular Hotrodding did a multipart series on the tranny. HRM
- has also done some good stuff. The real info source is a tranny guy
- in VanNuyes, CA. All he does is TH700 work. He makes custom parts,
- and is working on a catalog. When HRM and PH want TH700 work, they go
- to him. I have spoken with him several times, but have not had the $
- to buy one of his prepped units for my Cutlass.
-
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