318/8 Speed Swap

roadrunninMark said

Hi ChevelleGuy, welcome to the board and thanks for offering your help! I do have a few questions. As far as a controller, contact Russell Drake at Sound German Automotive. He is the go to guy for a controller.

1. Did you use a Chevy flexplate to attach to the torque convertor?
2. What starter did you use?
3. Did you have any issues with the torque convertor big "hub" that sits near the crankshaft?
4. Whose driveshaft did you use and what did you do for a slip joint?


Thanks!

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Thanks for the contact info!
I used a chevy flexplate and ls starter. The first time I put it together I drilled the converter and flexplate and used 1" spacers to connect them. I made an adapter out of aluminum that pressed into the crank to center the pilot. Since then I I had an adapter made out of 1" thick aluminum about 10" in diameter that allowed me to use the stock mounts for flex plate and converter with an adapter pressed in the center for the pilot. I switched because I thought the pilot adapter was moving around on me. for the driveshaft I used 'the driveshaft shop', I told them what i was doing and they made me an aluminum shaft with a plunging cv on the tranny side and 1350 on the rearend