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I had a us body source 2" cowl pin on hood on my 71 that I liked didn't have any problems with it... Also has us body source heavy duty glass fenders but they took me about 8 hours each to hang and get looking right... It sucked lol

I have a used one I could sell you that is currently on my monte its dirty but works fine Im switching to a race pump so I dont need it anymore... If you cant return the one you just bought or dont want a used one its cool I also ran a 177 on mine and it worked fine. Tom

How many tenths you think itll drop to lose a lot of drive ability? and is it worth it for the money?

I have a Yank converter in my 4L80 and it works good, well see what its capable of after the turbo goes on

I got lucky and got my hood for 50 bucks at a swap meet... keep your eyes open and talk to people Guy I bought mine off of was selling a Monte at the meet and had the hood at his house. Was awsome!!

I have the 2" cowl pin on hood from US body source and I like it... Fits OK... Tom

Use a chevelle front bumper

Yeah he said it prolly should have been shimmed about 3/16's and deffinetly not flat up against the flex plate like it is now... I will be talking to him a bit more so Ill find out what he says and pass it along. Tom

I was thinking it was the pump and rossler pretty much confirmed it yesterday.... so now I get to take it all back apart and fix it... He said it prolly failed so quick because I didnt shim the converter between the flex plate... I have never done that so I didnt know it was the important... Live and learn. Thanks Sam.... Tom

Yesterday my 4L80 started shifting real lazy.... dont know what happened... Fluid is fine and it doesnt slip while its in gear or on acceleration... when I shift it, its lazy going between gears.. the more RPMs the engine is turning the longer it takes to shift. It use to shift right after I moved the lever not hard but right after... wasnt any delay, now there is. When I engaged the converter the use to kind of jump but now it doesnt... and even the downshifts use to be kind of hard but now I cant even feel it downshift.... You guys have any ideas? Im gonna call the trans shop tomorrow just figured I see if you guys had any ideas... I checked the wires going to it and everything is fine... Thanks, Tom

What you wanna know about the install? All I did was move the cross member as far back as I could and made new holes... I had to make a little room for it but its doing good. Did you have problems with anything? Im glad I got a converter with lock up, makes a HUGE difference when you have over a 3k stall... PM me anytime Tom

I picked up the 4L80, a TH400 and a 700R4 and honestly couldnt tell much of a difference in weight between them.... The 400 was lighter but not by much and I dont think the 4L80 was any heavier than the 700R4 to be honest....

Yes I did go with the manual valve body with my 4L80 and thats a good point Its not as heavy as most people think though... Its only slightly heavier than a TH400. What weighs a TON is the stock converter, it weighs about 75 pounds... plus side of 75 pounds I shipped one cant remember exactly what it was... I got a 99-newer 4L80 so I didnt have to spend a lot of money on upgrading it... Already came with 34 sprag and hardened shafts.... wasnt that bad. Honestly all together I have about $700 dollars in a brand new 4L80 and paid $200 for the converter which is a 9 1/2" yank 3000+ converter with lock up. Granted I got very lucky with all my 4L80 stuff but that was one reason I went with it.

Not bashing the 700R4 at all.... it takes A LOT of money to make one hold up to power and there can be issues with the TV cable. I went with the 4L80 because it was cheaper, no TV cable, I got a great deal on a converter and I know it will hold up to almost anything I put to it.

So glad I went with a 4L80... I didnt want to mess with the 700 for a couple reasons and this was one of em! I have like 1k in the tranny and converter and its doing great behind a supercharged big block with no problems. Tom