Will GM 200r4 work with factory floor shift location?
Thanks for the additional info in this critical spot. After all, for most folks, cutting the cross-member is one of the main things everyone wants to avoid, or at least minimize.
With this latest information, I'm hoping I can end up cutting even less by using the bolt on bellhousing method instead of the plate style adapters. This one is for the small block Mopars and modern Hemi bolt pattern. It's the same SFI rated bellhousing they've used for years on the 2-piece powerglide race transmissions.
Time will tell.
Looks pretty cool!! But remember there are two basic things that determine which route a member will take. First is cost, if it's too expensive it will prevent most folks from going forward. Second is "ease of installation", I'm a machinist and a welder so I can make and modify almost anything, many members have limited resources so "ease of installation" is critical. Your set up (if I'm reading you correctly) should be very easy to install without hardly any modifications to the body. But on the other hand it looks expensive. I managed to put mine together for about
$1700 including a HD trans and torque converter (free labor). The Gearvendor ends up costing around $3000.00 after all is said and done.
I commend you on your efforts but just about everybody on the web site is really interested in COST and ease of installation (little or no cutting on our precious babies!!). I had to cut on my baby because I couldn't afford the other routes!!
Could you give us some insight on how much you've already spent and how much you think it will cost in the end???? In my case the cost ended up being about 20 percent more than I estimated (probably standard).
Now if you want to give these folks some real good info
post your estimated costs (current and future as I did early on) and
post the dimensions of your set up from the front face of the bell housing (mounting surface) to the end of the tail housing (rear seal). If you do this it will accomplish two things.....Members can determine if it is within their financial resources to go this route AND I can measure my set up from bell to tail and tell everyone how much cutting if any you'll have to do. The 2004R housing
can not be cut in the area that I recently mentioned on my last post so the cross member on the driver's side will be the biggest obstacle as to whether you have to cut (or not) because if you have to cut just a little it may be too much for some members.
So let us know these two things and we'll definitely observe you as you build your overdrive set up.
As an observation: I'm using a stock sized converter with the stock bell housing. The aftermarket bell housing you have has to (at least) be as long as the factory bell so that it creates enough space for the converter, flex plate, etc. My point is....If I removed the TCI adapter plate (1/4") it would put the factory bell up against the block face which would move the transmission forward 1/4". I had to remove approximately 1 1/4" inches off the cross member on the driver's side so even if I hadn't stuck the 1/4" adapter plate in there I still would have had to cut out an inch of material. I could be wrong of course, but if you post the dimensions I'm asking for I can verify my theory.
If you post all this info today I can take measurements on my car tomorrow before I take it off the rack.
Good Luck on your overdrive quest!!!!!!!
Thanks,
Treblig