71 Rs Finally So Progress - Lateral-g Forums

wookham · #1 01-05-2009, 11:24 AM

FINALLY MAKING SO HEADWAY ON THE CAMARO.........JUST WANTED TO THROW A THINGS OUT TO EVERYONE WHO HAS HELPED SO FAR WITH PARTS AND ADVICE

IM SURE I'LL BE ASKING FOR MORE IN THE COMMING YEAR

71 CONVERTED TO AN RS
MARTZ NARROWED SUBFRAME
MARTZ 4 LINK
MINI TUBBED
FRAME CONNECTORS
18X12 BOYD WHEELS..REAR
18X8.5 BOYD WHEELS FRONT
WILLWOOD BRAKES FRONT AND REAR
HYDROBOOST MASTER
AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON

PLANS....
572 CHEVY WITH A 700 R TRANSMISSION... auto transmissionONLY BECAUSE THE WIFE HAS TO DRIVE IT...SHE THINKS IM BUILDING IT FOR HER

UNABLE TO SEND PICS HAVE TRIED TWICE HELP

jst8a5.0 · #2 01-05-2009, 10:54 PM

WITH CAPS LOCK YOU ARE SHOUTING!!!! Sorry, had to get that out. Woodbridge huh? I moved from there 2-1/2 years ago and I'll be back there the end of this month. Are you doing the work or having it done? I don't remember too many shops I'd trust. AA speed on dawson beach rd was good though.

A stock rebuild 700r4 is gonna be saying mercy the second you put a drag radial on it. Another guy down dawson beach rd was a transmission guy Dana Briscoe. I don't know if he's still there or not, but he did my dads 700r4 in his 69 firebird. It has a 462 and runs a bottom 11 sec 1/4 mi and is stock weight. The guy machined out the rear planetary and installed another larger prototype one with added fluid flow over it. So far its only the converters and over drive hes been through. When you lock your converter in the 1/4 mile you can gain like 3 mph. That's something you cant do with a th400. There arent many converters that have a 12" lockup with a smaller 10 converter that will last for a 700r4. I don't know personally, but some say a 4l60e is the electronic versionof the 700r4. It's just that I see a lot of really fast late model f bodies running them and not so many 700s.

wookham · #3 01-06-2009, 07:48 AM

ok..ok... now im whispering
the 700r is gonna be built to handle the hp ..but thats still aways off , working on getting the cash for the engine now... no of any good deals on one.......i can get gm employee pricing on one but it's still a ton...........it turning into a very slow progect for me...so what are you building..looks like your shop will make it very easy for you to finish it......wish we had more guys down this way into it or maybe i just don't know them....
oh well tlk with you latter..............im in need of parts for the interior

**syborg tt** · #4 01-06-2009, 11:02 AM

Welcome to the BB. Nice to see more 2nd gen love.

BTW - I love your second post about whispering - you are going to fit in very well here.

byndbad914 · #5 01-06-2009, 12:38 PM

as for the pix issue - when you upload the pic, look at the top after it "finishes" the download and see if it says it is too large. I forget that this forum "appears" to load the pic but then you hit send and it doesn't show - every time it has been the image is too big.

another way to check is look at the bottom of the upload pix window and it will say the file size max for various image types - make sure yours is less.

jst8a5.0 · #6 01-07-2009, 12:40 AM

HAHAHAHA!! YOU MADE ME LAUGH! Smart aleck!!