Tough Decision
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I'm looking into the possibility of putting a 4l80e behind the 474. That would give me that one extra gear I always feel I need driving around with my th350. And allow me to cruise the highway at 2300rpm at 68 with 3.42 gears
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Hey 78, yeah I saw you were over at PY also, good to see you there. Don't forget these cars were new one time and drove just fine. My Lemans is all stock and I dont do anything to it. Pump the gas when I havnt started it in a while but otherwise I just drive and it requires nothing special. Heck, I would easily go so far as to say it's neglected that way. I'm not sure what your goals are for efficiency and drivability but I would get it out of the 474 one way or another. Good Luck!
PY is the spot for Pontiac info thats forsure. Yah even with the 400 thats in the car now, its not that bad I have to admit. Just let it warm up and your off, I just think longer drives are nicer in a EFI car. Im trying to stay way from the fuel efficiency thing because if you did the math of what I would save in fuel, I would have to drive the car for at least 5 years for a lot of km's in order for the cost of the swap to make sense in that sense, Id dought that i put more then 2000km's a year and short trips....ahah but who knows with EFI i may be driving to more of those 2 hour away car shows