Quick JTR manual question..

[Guest krescent]

well i ordered my manual earlier this week (and over slept when i heard UPS ringing the doorbell..ugh) and its going to arrive monday. That's tomorrow. I'm impatient and anxious lol, so i just have a quick question any of u can answer.

 

does the manual have a list of transmissions available to use with a 350?

 

i dont know much about transmissions, ive done searching and stuff..and it takes me years to find out which ones are manual and which are automatic lol, personally i'm looking for a manual but most of you guys have gone with auto's.

 

thats all, thanks

 

-sean

[waynekarnes]

yes, the JTR manual does a pretty decent job of suggesting which transmission you might use.

 

4 speed, 5 speed, 6 speed.

 

turbo automatic, 700r, 350, 250, doug nash, ect.

 

plus, you might use the search engine "transmission"

 

mine is an older scarab kit car. 350 and vette 4 speed.

 

i bought it dead in the water.

 

 

i have a fair amount of mechanical background but, i can't offer much advise, as i have no 1st hand installation knowledge of the pitfalls in any swap into a z car.

 

you will not be dissappointed by the manual. it has become known as the zcar engine swap bible.

 

one thing though, it does assume that you or whom ever you are working with does have more than a basic knowledge of how to turn a wrench. that you've swapped a clutch out, maybe replaced a head gasket, things along those lines.

 

read the manual all the way through. then read it again.

 

when you get ready to find a car ... read it again.

 

most of the questions you are going to want to ask Mike and Greg, have been answered and are in the book, i find new answers everytime i reread my copy.

 

once you start on your project ... make copies of the section you are going to need.

 

read those pages, highlight the things that are extra important ... tape these pages, side by side to your garage wall. refer to them often.

 

good luck with your build !!!

 

wayne