Re: Axle ratios, etc

Posted by ChadS on April 26, 2005 at 17:24:08 from (66.228.96.151):

In Reply to: Axle ratios, etc posted by CNKS on April 26, 2005 at 13:54:15:

Ive had quite a few Chevy "Tow" vehicles in my 15 years of tractor pulling. 2wd's, 4x4's all automatics with that 700r4. The most roublesome I had, was 2 chevys,, 88 2500 lite 3/4 2wd extended cab, GMC sierra, that had 373's in it, 350/700r4. Had 265 85 16's on it I think,, That one was the best out of the two,, only 2 transmissions in that one,, I also had a 88 Chevy 2500 lite 3/4 4x4 with the same engine and tranny but regular cab style, That one only took out one tranny,,, I stopped using it, cause that one bout broke the farm rebuilding it, and stepping it up for what I needed. 1900 bucks I think the bill was, but,, was a great transmission after that,, My brother in law had a 2500 4x4 that he treid everything to do what your wanting to do,,, spent quite a bit of $$$ on coolers, rebuild, after rebuild, gear ratio changes,, finally, after a newly rebuilt transmission, had a 28ft goosneck trailer on the back, with a massey 101 and a farmall H on it,, bout 7500 lbs load on it from the tractors,, heading to a tractor pull. 30 miles later, I was heading back to the farm after the Other truck cause the 700r4 puked yet another time. Let me tell ya,,, I did not like standing next to him when that happened,,,, also, I was glad, I wanst on the other end of the phone, along road side phone call the tranny shop got from him!!! It was too bad, cuase it was such a nice ol truck! And spending another 1300 dollars was not the option. The transmission shop then informed my brother in law of a conversion kit that works with these trucks. For about $700,, including the tranny rebuild,, and installation,, a nice beefy 400 turbo was installed in place of the 700r4. Never had another problem ever again out if it. Just set a new 350 in it, still going, and going,, wanna pull a trailer with it?? hooker up and go!! Now if you wanna spend lots of $$, try to beef up the 700r4, but its going to blow sooner or later, they are a light duty transmission!! Youll like the 400 if you try it,, like a rock. ChadS

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