Will GM 200r4 work with factory floor shift location?
I just came from O'riellys looking for a trans fluid temp gage. they didn't have any but I did see a GM poly trans mount in their performance parts section.
http://www.jegs.com/i/Energy-Suspension/355/3-1108R/10002/-1?parentProductId=743960#moreDetails
They have these at Jegs.
Treblig
I had a black one of these in my hand last night at Autozone. I just wasn't sure if it was the correct one for the 200R4. It sure looks tall compared to the stock one, but that's not really an issue with the cross member not being made yet.
Yesterday afternoon, I installed the new 1 inch Firm Feel torsion bar, the Hotchkis adjustable strut rod and the weld on lower control arm reinforcing plate. I got it all apart and back together in about 3 hours including a short lunch break.
It wasn't a bad of a job with the front end jacked up pretty high. It helped that since the front end had been apart with-in the last 5 years nothing was stuck or rusted. I did find some rust on my car earlier this year (this is the extent of the rust on this old convertible-it's one of the few remaining good things about California), and I found that my lower shock mount, which is also used to attach my aftermarket sway bar to the LCA was loose, and the dust boot on my caliper had come out. It took a bit to get that tucked back in.
I used Loctite on the bolts and some moly grease here and there to help everything stay together and not get seized up. I left the torsion bar out and moved the lower control arm through it's full range of motion to make sure there was no binding going on since I shortened up the effective length of the strut rod considerably. It sure freed up the motion of the lower control arm as it went through its range of motion! it fells way more solid and moves with greater precision now. I hope I didn't pull it too far forward, but it's not hard to adjust them at the alignment shop if needed.
I measured the torsion bars that were in there previously and they cam in just under .920". Anyone know if that is the small block size or is it the big block size? The new ones measure just over an inch with the coating on them.
