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JB64CHEVELLE 03-18-2013 08:19 PM

Bowtie overdrives ?
 
I am thinking of pulling the powerglide in my El camino and putting in a 700r4. Has anybody used Bowtie overdrives, good or bad. The car has a stock 327 in it and is just a cruiser. Thanks for any imput.

spacepirate 03-18-2013 10:45 PM

I've got their 700r in my 68 and it runs great.

Gordz32 03-18-2013 10:52 PM

I've delt with them several times and every time they offered a great product and excellent customer service.

smhigh 03-18-2013 10:54 PM

A friend in SoCal has one in his Camaro. It is so much better shifting than mine.

I had a friend do mine and if I was to do it over I'd get the bowtie unit.

JB64CHEVELLE 03-18-2013 11:08 PM

Great, thanks for the input!

Tony_SS 03-19-2013 08:00 AM

I have their stage II 200-4R, no complaints.. shifts nice.

chr2002ca 03-20-2013 02:13 PM

I purchased a Stage 3 200 4R kit from them about 4 years ago and had a good experience with their product and customer service. The only thing I would mention is that, the heavy duty lockup torque converter included from them want to heat up quickly when it wasn't locked up. I needed a very large trans cooler to keep it cool in stop-and-go traffic when it wasn't able to lock-up. When the converter is able to lock up, it cools off quickly. This isn't a knock on their particular converter, just an important note about lock-up converters in general. Get a quality external trans cooler and there won't be any issues. Also, I found installing a manual override toggle switch($5) for the lockup was a necessity. Sometimes it would want to lockup too early in 'around the town' driving and I could use that switch to turn it off until I got up to cruising speeds.

Tony_SS 03-21-2013 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by chr2002ca (Post 471284)
I purchased a Stage 3 200 4R kit from them about 4 years ago and had a good experience with their product and customer service. The only thing I would mention is that, the heavy duty lockup torque converter included from them want to heat up quickly when it wasn't locked up. I needed a very large trans cooler to keep it cool in stop-and-go traffic when it wasn't able to lock-up. When the converter is able to lock up, it cools off quickly. This isn't a knock on their particular converter, just an important note about lock-up converters in general. Get a quality external trans cooler and there won't be any issues. Also, I found installing a manual override toggle switch($5) for the lockup was a necessity. Sometimes it would want to lockup too early in 'around the town' driving and I could use that switch to turn it off until I got up to cruising speeds.

Great point, I did the same with mine. I hooked up a switch so it wouldn't lock up on me, as it does right at 40mph, which was annoying. So that system wasn't perfect, but it was no big deal flipping the switch when I got on the hwy. If the switch was left on, it didn't hurt anything.

And yes they do recommend a cooler.

JB64CHEVELLE 03-21-2013 02:52 PM

Great thanks for the tips.


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