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Old Feb 8, 2005 | 04:24 PM
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How many of you guys use this transmission for everday driving around Houston? How is it? Thanks.
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i highly doubt this help but my friend has 87 chevy truck with a 496 rat motor in it and has a turbo 400 that he usually drives. he has not complaints till he blew it up haha.
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Depeneds a lot on the gearing and what your willing to tolerate, you could get away with it on the 3.23s or 3.42s, but if you do a ton of freeway driving for long distances its going to drink some gas. Its nothing terrible, just no over drive. Plenty of people do it, just what your willing to tolerate. If my trans goes in my TA, I think I'll go the Th350 route since I have a daily driver.
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Old Feb 8, 2005 | 05:37 PM
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Good transmission for many purposes, but not good if you want to drive around town with no overdrive, unless you like watching your gas gauge drop
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just get a built 4L60E or maybe a 4L80E
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Originally Posted by CamaroCain
just get a built 4L60E or maybe a 4L80E
What about a 200-r4?? I heard it is a Th350 with an overdrive. How much do these usually run and where can i get one? Thanx.
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Brent, you could even go 373's on reg street driving. I went with 410's in the 12 bolt and that was too much. If you went with 342's or 373's you would be fine IMO...
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Joe daily drove his with a 4K stall to Galeria from Katy every day, he mainly complained about the gas mileage being bad. Like Jeff said, your gearing will help out a lot.
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I have one. Let's just say that you wont be driving in the left lane as often. I used to cruise 80 on the beltway. Now it is more like 65. At 65 I am at about 3200 rpm. th350 and 3:73's
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Originally Posted by LS1 Brent
What about a 200-r4?? I heard it is a Th350 with an overdrive. How much do these usually run and where can i get one? Thanx.
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depending on the setup. Between 3500 and 5000 installed.
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how come yall guys didnt go with a TH400 ? which one is better 350 or 400
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HPE's white car is a th350 and is in the 9's. I was told my trans was good to 1000hp.
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My roomate has a th350 in his 99 SS he has 3.42 gears it does good on the hwy. It seems to me the 200-r4 would be a good choice but they are pricey. He gets 28mpg on the hwy and runs like 70MPH at 3200.
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whats the top speed on yall cars with that TH350 ?????????
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Originally Posted by MrBill97396
My roomate has a th350 in his 99 SS he has 3.42 gears it does good on the hwy. It seems to me the 200-r4 would be a good choice but they are pricey. He gets 28mpg on the hwy and runs like 70MPH at 3200.

28mpg?? haha. stock 4L60Es don't get that good of gas mileage on the highway.
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my bad Mr. Bill meant 24mpg
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my bad Mr. Bill meant 24mpg
Even that is impressive.
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