BUILD THREAD JRP's '87 Regal Thread

[Texas82GP]

We put a GearVendors in Dad's Galaxie behind the Toploader 4-Speed and the 390. It's bad-*ss but overkill for Joe. We didn't have a good alternative since Dad's drivetrain is old school and he wanted the car to be a stick shift. A built up 200-4R would be less expensive and easier to install.

 

[joesregalproject]

We put a GearVendors in Dad's Galaxie behind the Toploader 4-Speed and the 390. It's bad-*ss but overkill for Joe. We didn't have a good alternative since Dad's drivetrain is old school and he wanted the car to be a stick shift. A built up 200-4R would be less expensive and easier to install.

Thoughts?

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[DRIVEN]

Well, it has 1 star reviews.

 

[DRIVEN]

I'd put in a good used 200-4r before that TCI.

 

[Texas82GP]

I would recommend against a mail order transmission. Too many horror stories. Find a desireable (GN,442) core on here and find someone local who knows how to work on a 200-4R.

 

[joesregalproject]

Well, it has 1 star reviews.

I managed to miss that. With reviews like that it's obviously a quality unit.

I would recommend against a mail order transmission. Too many horror stories. Find a desireable (GN,442) core on here and find someone local who knows how to work on a 200-4R.

You don't want this car to ever get done, do you? I kid, I kid, but good transmission shops seem to be in short supply around here, and unless pagrunt might have a lead I don't know too many people I'd feel great about working with.

I don't know, I'm just a little iffy on going to a 4 speed because I can see it snowballing already. 4 speed means my 3 speed column shift indicator won't read correctly, and they never made a 4 speed column shift cluster for a non-turbo car, so then I'll want to go to a floor shift, then I'll need a floor shift cluster, and the column, and the shifter, and I'll need the console brackets and such and so on. I'm not ruling it out, I just need to think about and research it a little more.

Right now I'm feeling a lot of this-

And looking at a lot of this-

 

[pagrunt]

but good transmission shops seem to be in short supply around here, and unless pagrunt might have a lead I don't know too many people I'd feel great about working with.

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[Texas82GP]

I managed to miss that. With reviews like that it's obviously a quality unit.



You don't want this car to ever get done, do you? I kid, I kid, but good transmission shops seem to be in short supply around here, and unless pagrunt might have a lead I don't know too many people I'd feel great about working with.

I don't know, I'm just a little iffy on going to a 4 speed because I can see it snowballing already. 4 speed means my 3 speed column shift indicator won't read correctly, and they never made a 4 speed column shift cluster for a non-turbo car, so then I'll want to go to a floor shift, then I'll need a floor shift cluster, and the column, and the shifter, and I'll need the console brackets and such and so on. I'm not ruling it out, I just need to think about and research it a little more.

Right now I'm feeling a lot of this-

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And looking at a lot of this-

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Just keep swimming!

 

[Texas82GP]

Worst case James and I both know builders who can work on a 200-4R. I'd be willing to help you source one down here, get it built and ship it to you.

 

[565bbchevy]

I managed to miss that. With reviews like that it's obviously a quality unit.

Keep in mind that many reviews are done by people that don't know what they are doing and might have even had someone else do the install that didn't do it right.
Both reviews claim an oil leak , the first one says the pan leaked and replaces the gasket and it still leaks and the second comes back with an update i am betting installer error on both.
UPDATE, The problem I was having with my transmission leaking wasn't a problem with the trans itself, it wasn't installed right the first time and it just took replaced the grommet and that stopped the leak, I couldn't be happier with the trans so far.