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5.7 V8 to turbo 700 box
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 7:10 pm
by troy gill
will the 5.7 holden engine bolt up to a turbo 700 gear box out of a VP 3.8L or do you need adaptor plates its for a buggy
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 7:17 pm
by 6.5 rangie
Ones V8 the other 6 cylinder, they're completely different
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 9:26 pm
by jcclures
I know you can get an adapter plate for the turbo 700 to fit the old 253 or 308 bolt pattern, It also users a adaptor to fit to the trimatic flexi plate.
John
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 9:32 pm
by 6.5 rangie
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I know you can get an adapter plate for the turbo 700 to fit the old 253 or 308 bolt pattern, It also users a adaptor to fit to the trimatic flexi plate.
Thats a V8 turbo 700, not V6
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 9:50 pm
by jcclures
No it is a adapter to fit v6 torbo 700 from the vn commodore, to holden v8 with a spacer for converter.
John
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 10:05 pm
by 6.5 rangie
Oh. why would you bother? How would V6 auto handle a 308?
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:29 pm
by Maggot4x4
6.5 rangie wrote:Oh. why would you bother? How would V6 auto handle a 308?
Probably not too bad if it is a stock 308
Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:16 am
by jcclures
I do not know how well they go, you would have to talk to a transmission person about that, but from my understanding they are basically the same gearbox, I do not know about the torque converter.
Castlemaine rod shop make the adaptor kit.
http://www.rodshop.com.au/transmissions.htm
AP52 Holden V6 T700 auto to Holden V8 & Chev
They dowel the plate for either patern
John
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:03 am
by `maddog
You'd be better off using a Powerglide I think
Re: 5.7 V8 to turbo 700 box
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:51 pm
by GQPatrol V8
troy gill wrote:will the 5.7 holden engine bolt up to a turbo 700 gear box out of a VP 3.8L or do you need adaptor plates its for a buggy
There are two versions of the Turbo 700 , The V6 and the V8. Internally the parts are all the same, the guts is interchangable.
The V6 uses a smaller convertor and has a different bellhousing bolt pattern.
I have fitted a Holden V6 turbo 700 auto up to a GQ transfercase using the Marks Turbo 700 - GQ kit so it can be done.
The V8 version of the box is standard Chev Bolt pattern also known as TURBO pattern in Holden V8's.
To mate up to a Holden V8 with Trimatic pattern an adapter plate must be used. Available from Dellow and Castlemaine Rod shop. Altenativly you may get the block redrilled to chev pattern at Harrop Engineering.
Shane
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 4:05 pm
by troy gill
thanks for that so i need to track down a V8 turbo 700 and it will bolt up to the 5.7 chev and i all ready have the marks adptor to gq transfer on the other auto so i will only need to change that to the new box and all should be sweet yes?
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 5:18 pm
by GQPatrol V8
troy gill wrote:thanks for that so i need to track down a V8 turbo 700 and it will bolt up to the 5.7 chev and i all ready have the marks adptor to gq transfer on the other auto so i will only need to change that to the new box and all should be sweet yes?
Yes, grab a V8 Turbo 700 and it will bolt straight up to a 350 Chev. Use the Chev flexplate.
Shane