Chevy 327 LM7 engine, Any good?????

Lawrence · Post by **Lawrence** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 1:07 pm

Maybe, but the old megashifter I had was a 3 speed only one, and the Bandit I had to get a gate plate for

http://www.summitracing.com/search/?key ... ates&dds=1

Goughie · Post by **Goughie** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 9:37 pm

If you want it once I take it off the car you can arrange a courier to pick it up and its yours. I don't want anything for it but if you feel generous donate what you think its worth to a charity.

Cool, thankyou, will do, my choice would be the PDSA, but if there is something more personal to you, let me know when i grab your address details for the courier.

Still learning on all this stuff, didnt even know the plates existed to change the shift pattern to suit different boxes.

Speaking to my local American parts supplier, he has suggested making a list from the Summit site which he will order for me. It would be charged at $1=£1 plus 10% plus VAT. Seems ok to me but am i missing something?

Cheers,

Paul

Lawrence · Post by **Lawrence** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 9:47 pm

It'll be cheaper to do it yourself if you order enough bits, you can get £ for $ from UK suppliers on most bits.

Goughie · Post by **Goughie** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 10:53 pm

Shifter wise, is there any reason why i could not adapt this as i believe the P38 Range Rovers have 3 gears plus drive?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... TM:GB:1123

Eliot · Post by **Eliot** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:31 am

Range rovers used a ZF box - so not sure.
I have a Jaguar shifter that was used with a 4L80e - which should also work with the 4l60 as well - yours for cost of postage.

Lawrence · Post by **Lawrence** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:47 am

Sorry to hijack this thread, but any ideas where I can get a late 4L80 in the UK Eliot?

Eliot · Post by **Eliot** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 11:47 am

Lawrence wrote:Sorry to hijack this thread, but any ideas where I can get a late 4L80 in the UK Eliot?

Took me ages to locate a chevy bolt pattern one - I was going to replace my 700r4 with it, but I think the 700r4 got wind of the threat of replacement and has stopped breaking every 500 miles! So my early 4L80e has sat on the shed floor since then.

Jaguar XJ12's used them although with a different bolt pattern - there is a theory that you can cut the bellhousing off and fit an JW Ultra Bell to it to essentially make it fit on any engine. Contact John Sleath Race cars about it.

I have a ZF 5HP24 also sat on my shedfloor also, which was a spare for my BMW 540 - but I've sold the car - so that's available if you fancy some engineering.

Lawrence · Post by **Lawrence** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 11:54 am

Ah. I have an early one or a late 4L60e that I can stick behind my 2002 6 litre LQ4, can't update the internals to run it all of the stock computer it seems. Bit concerned how a 4L60e will hold up as I've killed the 3/4 bands on 3 of them now, and it's not going to like a twin turbo setup (yes, I'm following in your footsteps!)

Eliot · Post by **Eliot** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 3:16 pm

Lawrence wrote:Ah. I have an early one or a late 4L60e that I can stick behind my 2002 6 litre LQ4, can't update the internals to run it all of the stock computer it seems. Bit concerned how a 4L60e will hold up as I've killed the 3/4 bands on 3 of them now, and it's not going to like a twin turbo setup (yes, I'm following in your footsteps!)

Well I'm getting the 700R4 to hold up to twin turbo now - see my website for the details.

Lawrence · Post by **Lawrence** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 3:22 pm

Eliot wrote:
Lawrence wrote:Ah. I have an early one or a late 4L60e that I can stick behind my 2002 6 litre LQ4, can't update the internals to run it all of the stock computer it seems. Bit concerned how a 4L60e will hold up as I've killed the 3/4 bands on 3 of them now, and it's not going to like a twin turbo setup (yes, I'm following in your footsteps!)
Well I'm getting the 700R4 to hold up to twin turbo now - see my website for the details.

Sadly I've done a set of Alto clutches, and a set of Raybestos ones! Kevlar band, corvette servo, you name it, it's in there. Only ever done the clutches tho (oh and a solenoid, but that's more down to them being 1995 ish vintage). I think lighter cars, and lighter shoes are the answer

Eliot · Post by **Eliot** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 5:56 pm

Lawrence wrote:
Eliot wrote:
Lawrence wrote:Ah. I have an early one or a late 4L60e that I can stick behind my 2002 6 litre LQ4, can't update the internals to run it all of the stock computer it seems. Bit concerned how a 4L60e will hold up as I've killed the 3/4 bands on 3 of them now, and it's not going to like a twin turbo setup (yes, I'm following in your footsteps!)
Well I'm getting the 700R4 to hold up to twin turbo now - see my website for the details.
Sadly I've done a set of Alto clutches, and a set of Raybestos ones! Kevlar band, corvette servo, you name it, it's in there. Only ever done the clutches tho (oh and a solenoid, but that's more down to them being 1995 ish vintage). I think lighter cars, and lighter shoes are the answer

Raybestos Z-Pack?
I have around 200 psi line pressure for high load 2-3 changes.

Goughie · Post by **Goughie** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 10:45 pm

Now you have completely lost me

Eliot · Post by **Eliot** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 6:28 am

Goughie wrote:Now you have completely lost me

Sorry for the o/t hijack (unless you are going to run turbos

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Goughie · Post by **Goughie** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:47 am

No problems at all

Turbos

Now youve got me thinking!

Eliot wrote:Range rovers used a ZF box - so not sure.
I have a Jaguar shifter that was used with a 4L80e - which should also work with the 4l60 as well - yours for cost of postage.

Thankyou, would like to take you up on that offer, let me know how you would like to sort it, i could arrange a courier, or send a cheque/Paypal?

Cheers,

Paul

Lawrence · Post by **Lawrence** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:26 am

Eliot wrote: Raybestos Z-Pack?
I have around 200 psi line pressure for high load 2-3 changes.

Yep, pretty sure it had the sonnax pump in there when they went too. It was in my 68 Camaro so I guess it's a lot heavier than yours. Did 30 odd thousand miles in it of mostly motorway so it had a lot of 6000rpm changes under it's belt