I urge you to think again before modifying any old car, especially one this
rare and nice. If you want a car with lockup torque converter, consider
adding an 81-83 EFI coupe to your collection. These are superb road cars,
quiet and very economical on gas - 25 MPG is normal on a trip, and if you
"feather foot" it, you can do much better. They also sell quite cheaply, as
many folks are afraid of the EFI system. You can find a very nice car for
under $2000 - and it will come with every modern convenience an feature you
could possibly want.
The 440 generates a lot of torque - the normal A-904 with lock up converter
as used in the 70s and 80s small block cars cannot take this much torque and
live very long.
The GM 4L80 transmission (4 speed with automatic overdrive) can take the
torque, but that would a be major modification of your beautiful original
car.
Dick Benjamin
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From: "Carl F." <moonstruck1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Please Welcome Carl Falletta
> Thanks, Dick!
>
> I was thrilled to have run across that particular car as well to have been
the high bidder. (still can't belive that the bids were averaging $2500!)
>
> The car IS nice...I've made some repairs on it, so now everything works.
Having driven it from Merced CA to LV (480 mi) was sweet!
>
> One thing that I'd really like to do is to either have a locking torque
converter OR an auto/OD transmission. (I'm planning a LOT of road trips!)
What is entailed in this?
>
> Let me know your thoughts on this.
>
> Thanks again, Dick.
>
> Carl
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