Manual or auto?
- Thread starter Jeff Olson
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Best to do the 700R4, then you can buy my crossmember that will bolt right into your X frame
And you can get the shorter front section of the drive shaft from Show Cars.
Honestly, if the car had come as a 4 speed car I would run with that but going to bother to change, I'd go 700R4 in a heartbeat.
That's what I'm using, fits great!Best to do the 700R4, then you can buy my crossmember that will bolt right into your X frame
I hear you but I kind of have my heart set on a clutch now. When I bought the 63 I had been looking for a 4 speed car for a long time and as I plan to keep the car until I die I may as well make it the way I want it. I have also moved away from the single 4 barrel setup that would match the automatic (I have an intake that will be for sale) so I can truly have the 4 speed, dual quad, posi-traction 409......giddy up!
Might be kind of stupid and cost prohibitive to do all this but I have pissed away a lot of money over the years on stuff dumber than this.
Might be kind of stupid and cost prohibitive to do all this but I have pissed away a lot of money over the years on stuff dumber than this.
PHIL IS RIGHT....I'M YELLING TOO
Absolutely nothing!
Dumb, hell no. Guys have gotten divorced for less. My 60 Chevy has a 700R4. When I first put it together I planned for a cruiser, 348, three two's, 4:11 rear gear. I was making long thruway trips to shows all over. The 700R4 fit the bill perfectly with the 4:11 rear gear and the 3.06 1st gear in the tranny. Even with the 4.56 gear in the rear now I can cruise @ 70mph under 3000 rpm. BUT, my GTO has a four speed and it takes me back to the day when all my cars were stick. Auto's have their place in history. When mopar entered the muscle car race the Torqueflite was the tranny for street racing.
Everyone else, thought I was losing it.
I've now got two 64's (love the heck out of them) one is a PG, the other is a 4 speed, one has a perfect body/paint the other not so much, its a long term project, but in the near future, I am going to run the 409, with the PG and 4:11 gears posi unit I bought, I may not like it for the whiplash effect, But since I have three different rear ends(3.08, 3:56 or :55, cannot remember) to play with, I'll just keep playing with it to find the right mix, but the goal is the 409 with the 4 speed at the end of the day, the rear ends, I'll just keep swapping my units in and out till I find the right fit for me. I am running 29.5 tires
Well, thanks to Paul Stensland I now have the supporting parts to convert the convert to a manual.
Now, 4 speed or 5 speed is the question.
Now, 4 speed or 5 speed is the question.
