Seeking Transmission/Transfer Advice

[NikP]

I just picked up a '70 and a '71 FJ55 and I'm wanting to make one into a decent daily driver for when I retire to the mountains of Colorado. I'm planning to install a SBC with either a 700R4 or 4l60E depending on what I can find. Hence my desire for advice.

I know I can adapt the GM to the stock 3-speed transfer but are there any better and more cost effective solutions for transfer case adaptations? Is there anything that is GM that works with the off-set axle configurations?

I'm not planning to swap out axles so is there any other TC alternatives that might work well with the std. Totota drive-train. I want to be able to travel down the freeway and not drive full-throttle, like I do in my FJ40, just to keep up with traffic.

 

[NikP]

Ultimate use would be mainly highway and around town. No serious off-roading since that's what I have the FJ40 for.

I'm content with the AA adapter to the Toyota transfer and that's the current plan unless there's something I'm not aware of. I know I'm on the the hook for driveline changes and all the associated work. (I went through it on my 40).

 

[htownfire]

Are you wanting to shift are just ride. O ! and V8 are Inline 6?

 

[NikP]

Prefer automatic transmission and V8.

 

[htownfire]

4l80 due to the overdrive into a Np205. It's alittle diffacult because of the computer controlled shifting. Theres alot of good stand alone shift kits out there.

 

[NikP]

So the NP205 will accommodate the off-set axles okay?