318/8 Speed Swap

DionR said

Looks like even Blueprint Engines has jumped on the 8HP bandwagon.

BluePrint LS ZF 8-Speed Engine And Transmission Packages

Considering that GM has an 8 and 10 speed auto, seems like pretty high praise for BP to cast their own bellhousing to bolt an 8HP to an LS.

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That's awesome, kinda makes sense though considering the 8HP got a 10+ year jump on the GM/Ford 10-speed and is a proven design used by several makes. The GM/Ford unit is only used by them and has had issues, enough to have a few class-action lawsuits filed against them lol. Allegedly they even based the 10-speed off the ZF design but somehow made it not any better, arguably worse in some ways, go figure.

Ford–GM 10-speed automatic transmission - Wikipedia