Will GM 200r4 work with factory floor shift location?

Treblig said

Pretty cool website. I totally agree with how to choose a gear!!. I have a non lockup converter so it makes things a little easier. I deliberately used a non lockup because a lock up converter sucks trans fluid pressure away from 4th gear. In fact, the only time the converter does lock up is when the tranny is in 4th gear, I believe it's designed that way. Since 4th gear is the weakest gear it tends to fails first. Losing any fluid pressure to the converter (so that it lock up) only decreases the life of the tranny because once 4th gear starts to fail (for lack of pressure) it puts trash in the system and then it's just a matter of time before the whole tranny is ruined. Everybody probably knows all this anyway!!

treblig

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Great point about the weak links in a stock 200R4. Choosing quality heavy duty components and beefing up the weak links in these transmission is critical.

Once the problem areas are addressed and upgraded with quality components, both the transmission and lock-up torque converters are very strong and reliable. Extreme Automatics has a 200R4 that's rated at 1000 hp. Precision Torque Converters offers a triple disc lock- up amongst many other HD features. They address the issue with the stock lock-up clutches by using 3 clutches instead of just one, and a host of other HD upgrades. It's not cheap, but it's money well spent if you are going to put some power through it.

Here's a screen shot about it. It describes exactly what you're talking about Treblig.