You are in VERY good hands If this is the transmission guy you are going to have build the transmission. Lonnie Diers. He is very well known in the Turbo Buick world and knows how to build a 200 4r that will handle a lot of power and will last.
http://extremeautomatics.com/th2004R.php
Yeah, I get the sense.
It so hard to make decisions that cost so much $ when your love for a car so far outweighs you're knowledge.
I need to do way more reading before I drop $2k+ on a transmission.
Honestly, I was naive about how much it was going to be.
In, 2007 I soent $1200 on a TH350 that my dads go to transmission guy said was plenty strong for the torquey Pontiac.
I talked to him today without telling him who I was. I asked about his experience with 200-4rs, he was like "yeah Ive built a few". It wasn't reassuring. Especially after reader so much from gear heads online about how different those OD's are.
I remain on the fence.
I wish I was more like this guy though...
"A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week"
---George S Patton
Problem is...his sh*t was serviced by the greatest military engine of all time.
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