I'm currently going to school for automotive technician (first semester) and I'm currently in an automotive course. I need to bring in a tranny (or be forced to use the school one which suck) so I'm thinking of buying an old 700r4 and rebuilding with some performance parts. Does anyone know a good performance kit and have any tips on rebuilding a tranny that could be helpful to me. If everything goes well I will drop it in my car which only has a stock 305 for now so not much abuse will be done to the tranny but maybe later I will do some mods to the engine or do a 350 swap.

Thanks for the help guys

 

The performance kits are overpriced and not necessary. When I do a 700r4 I get a stock kit. I get the 3-4 steels only and a band. The rest you wont know you need until you open it up. I usually do a corvette servo and transgo kit also. The only tips for building I have are keep everything clean and organized. Get an ATSG manual. Also you can take pictures and label your small parts.

 

Awesome, thanks for the information. I'm new at this and learning as I go so this will help a lot.

 

Pro built Automatics specializes in 700r4/4L60E.
They put together some nice kits.

http://www.700r4l60e.com/

 

Thanks, will defenitely check them out..