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stock 700r and lt1...can it be done?

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Old Apr 11, 2004 | 11:13 AM
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has anyone succesfully swaped an lt1 and still used their stock 700r tranny with around 94,000 miles and had no problems with the tranny? and can i use a third gen radiator...i just bought it and its brand new on a lt1 engine?

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Old Apr 11, 2004 | 11:43 AM
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Re: stock 700r and lt1...can it be done?

Originally posted by 87camaro kid
has anyone succesfully swaped an lt1 and still used their stock 700r tranny with around 94,000 miles and had no problems with the tranny?
They will work together. If the tranny is in good running condition I would not worry about putting it behind a stock LT1.
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Old Apr 11, 2004 | 03:15 PM
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It can be made to work properly, i'll be doing it soon with another LT1 swap im doing, it takes some creativity as far as the vss goes, but can be done, i'll post after its together on how to do it.
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