I am seeking to build a transmission to handle some occasional racing, but more of a driver. I want it to shift reasonable crisp but not overly hard. I have a 71 bigblock transmission and it would be behind a 450ish 440 motor.
Not a drag racer, but something robust that will take care of the above needs.
While waiting on other aspects of restoration, (paint, electrical) I want to have a local man build the tranny. Mind you the transmission and engine combo probably wont be ready to be operational within the next 8 months, but while I have the manpower and money, I want to get it done. I have an old transmission man here locally nearly 70 yrs old, but he is very sharp and rebuilds very late model transmissions. Im better off buying a rebuild kit and letting him do it, than buying a rebuilt transmission and having the warranty run out before the car is even ready.
