Bowtie overdrives ? - Lateral-g Forums

JB64CHEVELLE · #1 03-18-2013, 08:19 PM

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 · #2 03-18-2013, 10:45 PM

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

Gordz32 · #3 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 · #4 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 · #5 03-18-2013, 11:08 PM

Great, thanks for the input!

Tony_SS · #6 03-19-2013, 08:00 AM

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

chr2002ca · #7 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.