Thanks for the answers on my other questions. Here's one more if anybody could help. I've got an 82Z and an 83Z. My 83 is a 350 with a five speed, and my 82 is a 305 with a three speed auto. I'm building just the 82 up with a 350 but I don't know whether I should keep the auto or use the five speed. I don't know numbers so I can't tell you models and such. I'm assuming that the auto is a TH350 correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks

Quentin

More than likely it is a 350 lock-up over drive tranny. It will be a good tranny with that set up. However, I dont know how many miles that you have on the car and all but it is something to take into consideration as it has been my experience of putting a fresh higher horse engine in front of a tranny with lots of miles is not good. As a rule I always rebuild the tranny in my swaping process. Just a little food for thought. Good luck.

71 Camairo

350 overdrive? no such thing! if it's a 3 speed it's a T350, if a 4 speed it's a 200-4-R, a weak sister. Stick shift setups will match, swap em!!

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350 overdrive? no such thing! if it's a 3 speed it's a T350, if a 4 speed it's a 200-4-R, a weak sister. Stick shift setups will match, swap em!!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

You've never heard of a th350 lock-up Jim huh!

I have to agree with Jim, I'm not aware of any "overdrive" TH350. The TH350 is strictly a 3 speed tranny. That extra shift you feel is just the convertor locking up, (better for fuel economy) but it is not an actual gear.

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67 Camaro LS6 454/TH400/12bolt 3.73

Tisk! Tisk! lol You guy's seem to have missed the key word in both of my previous posts "LOCK-UP" The term being of common knowledge AY. I am well aware that the trans is not an actual overdrive tranny but the converter serves as one. DOH! LOL

71 Camairo

[This message has been edited by 71 Camairo (edited 03-23-2000).]

Well, it's your wording that threw them. A lock-up 350 isn't classified as an overdrive, whether it functions as one or not. It's like a switch pitch tranny on the early Buick's, it's just a title , that performs a function, not an entirely different tranny as an overdrive suggests.

Thanks guys, so I should go with the auto and ditch the 5 speed? I bought the car with intentions of changing both engine and tranny, because the tranny seems to be stuck in 1st. I can start the car but it wants to take off right away. I can't move the shifter, even directly on the tranny. I know it's in 1st because when I drive it, it revs really high at low speeds and it won't upshift. Any ideas?

Thanks Doug, you took the words right out of my mouth.(or off my keyboard) The tranny type depends on preference only. The 5 speed should be able to be fixed if it's stuck. Could be something's just bent.
IMO, the manuals are funner to drive, but I still prefer an auto.

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67 Camaro LS6 454/TH400/12bolt 3.73

I'll probably stick with the auto since it's already set up in the car. The 5 speed is not the one that's stuck in first it is the automatic one. Any suggestions on how to fix it

Sounds as tho the gizmo inside is jammed that opperates the main valve. Since your pulling it anyway I would pull the pan and have a look see. This will be a good oppertunaty to see what kind of fragmintation you have in the pans bottom.

hope this helps

71 Camairo

Actually, a 305 was the biggest engine that you could get in a 3rd gen Camaro until 1986. As for the auto tranny, it was more than likely a 250 C. They are almost identical to the 350 on the outside. I believe it could also of had a 200 C, but I'm not sure. I doubt that it was a 350, as I'm sure that they were left to the heavier duty lines. As for your auto being stuck in first, this is a very common problem with the 200 C's. I had quite a few do this to me.

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[This message has been edited by 68RS (edited 03-28-2000).]

the 350 overdrive spoke of earlier is actually called a 350c and rite the converter locks,thats all.