One wire lock-up, 4 spd automatic w overdrive into A-body.

Dart Vadr said

@jbc426 - I've been following your posts for a few weeks as I consider various options for putting a 200r4 in my Dart. Lonnie's shop is about two hours from my house, so I stopped by for a visit yesterday. He was gracious enough to sit down with me and talk through my project requirements and then give me a tour of his shop. I was super impressed with Lonnie, his shop, and his business practices, so I ordered a transmission on the spot. I decided to go with the Reid Racing bellhousing as well.
It'll be a month or so before I get the transmission. I plan to take it to a nearby chassis shop to have a crossmember fabbed. If you don't mind, I'll post my pics here to consolidate information about this particular 200r4 option.

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Sounds great. Did you take any pictures? What motor are you putting this behind? The crossmember needs only a small notch cut out of it and a custom rear trans mount made that can bolt almost exactly where the stock one went, but locates the mount about 4.5" back.

I finally got the Passon 5 speed, rebuilt McLeod Street Twin and 3.73 gears in my '70 'Cuda last weekend. I'm going to put some more break-in miles on it today before work. Dang, it's hard to stay off the throttle! It shifts like a dream.

Tomorrow, the old 5.9 and 727 are coming out the bottom of my '68 and the 408 stroker short block should be done next week. The rest of the motor will go together along with the 3000 stall lock-up Precision Converter, the Stage 2 200R4 with Reid Bell housing. Then the fun of getting it stuffed in there begins. This should be good. Do a search for the rear trans mount Hotchkis made for one of his a-bodies. It's a super clean design. I posted a picture of it somewhere in one of these or in Treblig's posts.

Don't run the lock-up unless you plan on going on long trips. It does take more power to spin that weight, and the converters these days are very efficient on the highway.