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#28820 03/30/2004 7:22 AM | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 25 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 25 | Did chev ever use a standard transmission behind a 400 small block engine? If so, in what applications? | | |
#28821 03/30/2004 7:07 PM | Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 962 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 962 | I think the SBC 400 was primarily a truck engine in the '70s. So 3 or 4 speed truck trannys may have been used with them.
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#28822 03/30/2004 9:16 PM | Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 5,152 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 5,152 | I've heard of a balancing kit that allows using the flywheel from a 350 behind a 400. I don't know with certaintly whether Chevy ever put a manual transmission behind one or not.
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#28823 03/31/2004 1:12 AM | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 | They did offer a small block 400 through most of the 70's but by 1978 CAFE regulations started squeezing big cube engines out of the non-commercial market. I had a '78 4x4 with a 400 small block for a short time.
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#28824 03/31/2004 4:55 AM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 110 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 110 | Hi Len,
I pulled a 400 small block out of my 65 short fleet and built it all the way, and was going to put it in a 66 long fleet to run for a couple of thousand miles untill I get the 305 built to go in the long bed and get the body for the 65 ready for the 400. Just checking a few things I noticed that the 400 didn't have the hole to screw in the ball for the torsion arm. I could have went to a hydraulic clutch set-up, but de-cided to go ahead and build the 305 instead. The 400 small block that came out of the 65 has a th400 tranny so there wasn't a clutch set up so that is one snag to using a 400 with a straight shift, although there may have been some used with a stick. I haven't seen one.
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#28825 04/01/2004 3:14 PM | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 49 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 49 | I have one in a mid 70's dump truck but i don't think it's the original.the clutch and pressure plate should work from any of the small blocks just make sure your crank has the hole for the pilot bushing.You can get a balance plate to use any small block flywheel from speedway motors. | | |
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