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| | | Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 218 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 218 | Is it possible to run a 700r4 behind a stock 250 six? Are there any major drawbacks?
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Jim & Caroline
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Gooday-that's my 1¢ answer due to the lousy economy ~ cause I ain't got - no . mo . doe
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,771 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,771 | The major drawback is the 700R4 itself. It's very prone to overheating the overdrive clutch and eating itself. I inspected one today that was nothing but scrap metal.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
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There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 662 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 662 | http://www.chuckthetruck.com/page26.html30,000 miles on it now and never a speck of trouble. I regularly 21mpg in summer (18-19 winter). | | | | | Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 293 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 293 | The TH700R4 has a bad reputation from guys who have tried to race it, or run it behind a powerful engine. I do have an 84 Caprice with 240,000 miles on it, the TH700R4 is stock and original and runs just fine... Behind s stock 250, it should live for ever, at least!
My 57 Suburban has a 250ci with a TH350 and the TH700R4 is a direct replacement for a TH350. The driveshaft will need to be shortened and you will need a way to lock the converter, available aftermarket, I do not remember who right now...
Check for clearance and don't forget to mount the TV cable properly!
Pretty easy overall!
'57 Chevy Suburban; '70 Chevy Impala.
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,859 Grumpy old guy playing with trucks, cars, and boats | | Grumpy old guy playing with trucks, cars, and boats Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,859 | I would find a 200R4 and run that, better gear ratios than the 700R4, and many were behind the 250 right from the factory.
The problems we face today can not be addressed at the same level of intelligence we were at when we created them - Albert Einstein Or with the same level of $ - Me
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