Overdrive Options

I've thought about it a lot actually, even if you weren't as gifted as myself to have a shop, You still have to fabricate a cross-member either way. The cost to cut out and weld in a 1/4 piece of steel for the torsion bar support is laughable. We're splitting hairs here. For me it costs $700 to put in a 42RH with a decent torque converter. I lost count what Mopar to ya spent on his 200r4. As far as putting more power to the ground with 200R4 vs 42RH I still don't see conclusive evidence of parasitic loss between the two. Still going 42RH. Not going to debate further until I see something concrete.

I'm a bit confused by your $700 figure. This is a rebuilt performance trans with a performance lock up converter? The last performance converter I bought for my 727 was something like $300. So you're saying I can do the rest of the conversion for less than four C notes? Buying a core trans, stripping it, cleaning it, putting it together with upgraded parts? Not to mention getting the Hobbs switches and wiring them in. Of course there is the one fifty or so that my driveshaft shop is going to nick me for shortening the driveshaft and balancing. I just bought a case of trans fluid and it cost me $70 bucks. You're not just gifted, you're magical.