Highway RPM with the 200R4. Gotta love it!

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I figure the worst that can happen if my driveshaft angle is off is run a cv joint. I ran one on a 440 scout and a 383 jeep I built both with 35 and36" tires and they worked fine. If I have to drop the tranny abut to clear the floor, they'll take care of the slight angle mismatch. Greatly detailed post.
 
wireweld said:
If your using the wilcap, you will have to trim a few pieces off of the tranny to fit in the tunnel. Also I used the mount from us car tool. I had to remove more of the cross member than what treblig and Mopartoya had to.
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Thanks wireweld!
 
Thought I'd post a photo of the passenger side cut I made in the cross member to clear the 2004R. As noted earlier I won't weld the driver side cut until trans fitment is verified. Based on others posts, I went ahead and welded the passenger side cut, pretty sure it will be enough clearance. Not trying to take over the thread, just want to make all options available for making this swap.

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supertruck said:
Thought I'd post a photo of the passenger side cut I made in the cross member to clear the 2004R. As noted earlier I won't weld the driver side cut until trans fitment is verified. Based on others posts, I went ahead and welded the passenger side cut, pretty sure it will be enough clearance. Not trying to take over the thread, just want to make all options available for making this swap.

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Looking real nice!!! It should be nice and stout!!

Treblig
 
Treblig said:
Mopar to ya is the MAN!! He inspired me to put a 2004R into my Barracuda. With 3.73 gear I'm running 2200 RRM at 65/70 MPH. It's so smooth and much better off the line. As for the cross member mods, here are some pics of what I had to do. Also a few pics of the shifter down rod (torque shaft) mods to keep the floor console and some pics of the home made cross member. Remember that the amount you have to cut is determined by the thickness of the adapter. TCI had the thinnest adapter so I went with them.
If you look close you'll also see where I installed (and welded) some 1/8" plate between the upper cross member and the body to reinforce the area where I cut the cross member.
Without Mopar to ya's thread on his installation I would probably never would have attempted the modification!!!

treblig
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So you attached a lever to your shifter bell crank to move th shifter rod for the 200. Then filed for another shifter position on you stock shifter... Genius!
 
cuda620 said:
So you attached a lever to your shifter bell crank to move th shifter rod for the 200. Then filed for another shifter position on you stock shifter... Genius!
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Yea!! It worked like a charm. I had to cut off the lower portion of the down rod (torque shaft/rod) then weld a lever arm onto it with a series of holes to get the correct throw. There's no room for the lower portion of the torque rod with the 2004R installed. If you check all the posts I also reinforced the torque rod above the floor (under the console) because I could no longer use the trans mounted plate to support the torque rod.

treblig
 
Treblig said:
You will really like the 200R4 once you have it all together. I went with 3:90 gears but I should have gone with 4:10s. If you look here:
Will GM 200r4 work with factory floor shift location?

you will find everything I did to make the 200R4 work with the factory shifter. The biggest issue will be the 'trimming of the original upper cross member" which isn't that big a deal. I can manually shift through each gear if I choose to. I also modified the shifter detents to allow me to shift down into 1st gear, so I actually have first, second, third and overdrive. If you have any questions just ask. It was a bit tricky but it works really GREAT!! Hope you have a little patience and some imagination.

Treblig
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I have a Dana 60 to install with 4.10's or 3.54's. Not sure which yet.
 
cuda620 said:
I have a Dana 60 to install with 4.10's or 3.54's. Not sure which yet.
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I'm running 4.10 gears after trying 3.90s. The 4.10 are perfect even on the highway but I'm running 29 in tires!! I would go with 4.10s, that overdrive gear is pretty darn high.

treblig
 
Treblig said:
I'm running 4.10 gears after trying 3.90s. The 4.10 are perfect even on the highway but I'm running 29 in tires!! I would go with 4.10s, that overdrive gear is pretty darn high.

treblig
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What size tires are you running on your cuda? The notch and fastback have the same wheel well openings I think.
 
cuda620 said:
What size tires are you running on your cuda? The notch and fastback have the same wheel well openings I think.
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Well in my case the wheel opening doesn't really make much difference here because I have my fastback "jack-up" in tribute to the 60s street machines. I'm running 29 inch rear tires for the same reason:

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Some members don't like (the look) it but it's my car and I've had many, many people take pics of my car as I drive down the road.

treblig
 
Bad Sport said:
Hmmmm I just pulled mine by removing the pin. As long as the linkage is unhooked can it do that? I thought the no start thing was in the NSS, I haven't had any issues with it.
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The steering column has no effect on starting the engine if no linkage is attached to it. GM used a system though that was tied to the steering column.
 
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