Quote Originally Posted by Sharp shooter View Post
I'm gonna need trans work at some point so I may just follow your lead on this. I considered the LS swap, but I guess I'm just too old school. I don't think I can fit a 4L80 without modifying the tunnel. My car is a real SS so I'm trying to keep from cutting or drilling anything.
Yeah, there is nothing original left on my car except maybe the roof skin, and its a 307 malibu glide car originally. It had a bad accident in 72, and then I got hit head on it at the end of high school and it took a lot of time and money to get it good again. Our mutual friend Brian will tell you, like he did me, spending some money on the trans with the right guy will do more for daily driving enjoyment as well as time cuts at the track then adding 200 hp. My car is great example of this. After the 406 grenaded I built a pretty healthy street small block for it:

421 inch
Sportsman II iron heads with 2.08 valves and some blending work
.601/.625 cam 258/262 @50 duration
10:1 even pump gas motor, super comp headers 3" x-pipe 3 chamber flows, full exhaust deal. It probably makes some decent power.

With a turbo 400, 2400 stall, peg leg rear end, car ran 13.7 at 118mph, in second gear
put a locker in, 13.2
put the rear end with 3.91 and an auburn, could get down the track, maybe 15 something that whole day almost hitting everything including the safety safari
put drag radials on, 12.70's
had trans work done, 11.59 at 118 mph, still haven't played with the carb, and I as well as the car need to go on a diet.