Will my 700R4 Work with a 350?

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May 4, 2003 | 07:47 AM
  #1  
I Have a 1987 camaro with a 2.8 in it, i want to put a 350 in it. The car has a 700r4 tranny but i saw some were online that the ones in the 6's are different from the ones in the 8's, basicly i want to know if the tranny i have will work with a 350? Thanks!
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May 4, 2003 | 08:50 PM
  #2  
It will bolt right up.Now for good part.It won't last very long.You will need a 700r4 from a v8 and it will go in just as easy as taking out the other.
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May 4, 2003 | 09:29 PM
  #3  
Same 700R4 for both the V-6 & V-8's. So why replace it with the same transmission???
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May 4, 2003 | 10:10 PM
  #4  
Nope..... the bellhousing is totally different for the 60* V-6 than the 90* V6 and V8. It will not bolt up.

I suppose if you're that desperate, you could remove all the guts from it and put it in a different case. That would work.
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May 6, 2003 | 09:05 AM
  #5  
350
So it won't work..... I found a TH350 that is in good shape, How hard is it to put that in my camaro?
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May 6, 2003 | 11:54 AM
  #6  
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Originally posted by jase
It will bolt right up.Now for good part.It won't last very long.You will need a 700r4 from a v8 and it will go in just as easy as taking out the other.
I can't answer the "will fit/won't fit" question... but anybody who says a 700R4 won't last behind a V8 doesn't know much about them. I've got an 89 Blazer with a 350 that's seen plenty of miles hauling on the beach through soft sand, and I've got 230K miles on the original 700R4 and its still as good as the day I bought it new.
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May 6, 2003 | 12:11 PM
  #7  
The V6 700R4 WILL NOT bolt to the V8.

While I don't know much about the V6 700 as the V8 700...

I will assume it is similar in the fact that a

V6 T-5 is rated at 210ft lbs of torque
V8 T-5 is rated at 300+ft lbs of torque.

Granted I'll be using a v6 T-5 behind my V8, and know many who do so and have no problems, I'd a V6 manual behind my V8, than a V6 Auto (That is, if the auto fit).

If it was a 700R4 from a 4.3L V6 then it would work and you'd have no problems. Like the one guy said, the 2.8 is 60Deg and the V8 is 90deg. Not interchangeable
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May 6, 2003 | 05:53 PM
  #8  
The V6 bellhousing is different than the V8. Also there are minor internal differences as well. The V6 has less clutches in the clutch pack than the V8 along with a couple other things that I can't remember off the top of my head.
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