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Old 12-06-2006, 12:12 AM
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Originally Posted by getmygoat
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Regarding the T350... Pontiac always put a T400/M40 behind a 400 ci... I assume they did that for a reason.(otherwise, they'd be wasting their money).. Note they did this with stock motors.. the motor you describe should run much stronger than stock...

You'd be well advised to upgrade the trans... especially since you've got it all apart now....
Not true, the later 2nd-gen T/As came with a TH350 trans behind the 400, no room for the TH400 when cat converters came on the scene in '75. These were low-compression 185HP smogger 400 engines, so not a lot of stress on the trans.

An upgrade to a TH400 would be nice (I would), but not entirely necessary.

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