I've been doing a lot of reading, and it seems that the SM420 is a very popular tranny to swap into a Chevy V8 powered rig. If I'm going to do a tranny swap, I'd want to go with an auto tranny. Auto tranny info is harder to find - is there a preferred auto tranny to go with a Chevy 350? Any I should stay away from? And for the million dollar question - what kind of ball park number should I plan on spending to purchase the tranny and have it swapped in (assuming the 350 is already in the vehicle)?
I did do a seach on the board first, and this is the info that I found - A Turbo 400 is a good auto, but can have some cooling issues. Autos are hard to do because of the lenght of the transmission. They are also very expensive to rig up. Tranny will run approx $500, but the adapter plate tranny/tcase can be as much as $750. Then there are misc other costs. The tcase will probably have to be relocated, and new drive shaft will probably have to be made.
Does this sound right? Anything else I should know? Is it reasonable to hope the work could be done for no more than $2500?
Thanks.
I did do a seach on the board first, and this is the info that I found - A Turbo 400 is a good auto, but can have some cooling issues. Autos are hard to do because of the lenght of the transmission. They are also very expensive to rig up. Tranny will run approx $500, but the adapter plate tranny/tcase can be as much as $750. Then there are misc other costs. The tcase will probably have to be relocated, and new drive shaft will probably have to be made.
Does this sound right? Anything else I should know? Is it reasonable to hope the work could be done for no more than $2500?
Thanks.