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rebel:
Guys,

The ONLY complaint I can make of my vette (and this ain't her fault), is the fact that I cannot stand automatic gearboxes! All my life I've driven manuals and love 'em.

Anyway, I don't want to go ripping out the box as 1) it's costly and 2) it's one of the best auto's you can get!

So .... to enjoy the drive experience a bit more and get some manual type performance, I'm thinking about a trick shift kit or something...

Does anyone know or can they recommend something for a C3 (TH400 or 700) .. ? Does anyone have theirs done - 77CVT ?

Thanx ..

Adam:
"Does anyone have theirs done

Scott81:
My 81 is an auto trans but I converted to a 700r4.  If I had known earlier I would have went with a 200r4 as the conversion is supposed to be easier, put a TransGo shift kit in it for some good neck snapping shifts.  Personally, I wish I would have had some extra $$$ and went with a Richmond 6 speed, manuals are so much more fun.

Look at the Bow Tie Overdrives web site for some ideas, http://www.700r4.com/

Brutus:
Scott81 has a 700R fitted to his Vette and I have to say it made a great improvement to it's highway cruising ability. I shared the drive with him from Florida to Kentucky and at cruising speed the car never went over 3,000 rpm.....well almost never.:b2
I have done some research on the 700R and the 200 R4. One of which will find it's way behind my engine when it's rebuilt.
I've got a brochure from a guy who had a stand at the Summernats. I'll dig it out tomorrow if I have time.

77CVT:
Yeah, I got a shift kit!  It was installed many moons ago in the States before I got it (funny, because a lady real estate agent then some older people owned it!).  Basically you gotta get one! :evil  Mine hammers into gear and chirps on both shifts @ WOT.  I changed my converter recently and the bottom of the trans pan was not as bad as I expected (metal stuff) but at some point my clutch packs will need replacing - I'm surprised I haven't had to do it yet.

If you got the bucks to spare get a TH700 from a VN Commodore.  To shorten the driveshaft and make a new trans mount can't be that hard.  A neck snappin' 1st and overdrive is exactly what our cars need!  200R's were very scarce over here and for the money to freight one over, the 700 seems cheaper.  There is a guy up here that can sell you a wiring kit - e-mail me for details.

If I can ever get a TH700 for a couple of hundred bucks I'll rebuild it and put it in my '77!

Brutus - I'd be interested in that info.

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