727 Rebuild: Some Questions

I drilled on the conservative side for the TF-2, street specs.



Good plan---I'll use it.

I got the whole 727 apart today. I'm using a 727 from 69 Chgr as donor. Following pic shows 2 output shafts, the "gold" one from the Chgr, the other is from the 727 I'm rebuilding. Is there any significance to the "gold" tint?

Hum... That's a new one on me. Never seen a gold one before and I've torn apart so many I can't remember. The only diff. in output shafts (of the car variety) is 76 and up use a different spline angle where the planetaries slip on so you can't mix 76 and up parts with 75 and back parts.
I dry packed the front clutch and measured the clearance at about .45 with a .74 snap ring. My FSM says the spec is .25 to .45 but ideally should be closer to the lower number. A .88 snap ring should get me to about .30. Is this worth doing or should I just leave it?

Thx again for your help.

I assume you accidentally left out your zero's there as the clearance should be .040-.060 and the snap rings are .074 and .088". Clearance depends on how many friction discs your carrier uses. It's probably the common 4 disc carrier so .045 is plenty tight. I wouldn't go tighter. I use the .010-.015" per friction disc rule for clutch packs and it always seems to work fine.