The BAD AST Project - Faze II

[astroracer]

That's pretty sharp trackrat! Un-bolting the rack for bleeding is the saving grace here and Ron had suggested that Saturday night when we were talking on the phone.
I want to thank you guys for the help and direction! I realize this van is not your typical car build. I have come across a few engineering issues that have almost stopped me from continueing with it but, with your help, I have worked through them and feel I have a buildable, workable design. I have 5 days off over turkey break and plan to use them to get the new cradle pieces cut out and possibly tacked together.
Thanks again!
Mark

[FoxGranadaChuck]

I for one am pleased as punch that you are not working on yet another '69 Camaro PT project. Please do not misunderstand me-'69 Camaros are not bad! But they are so common on the PT scene that they have become quite boring.

An Astro van is different, but different is good!!!

[FoxGranadaChuck]

Please refresh my memory, but weren't you planning a big block carbureted Chevy back by a 700R4?! Just curious.

Also, is the tranny going to be column or floor shifted?! Or will it be paddle shifted?!

[astroracer]

Yup... BBC with a carb and a 700R4. Floor shifter. The motor position is still shifting but at this point it is 10" rearward and 5" down from the stock V6 location.
Paddle shifters would be cool but you have to have the "E" version of the trans to work. I am trying to keep the build simple as far as drivetrain goes. I do have a line on an LS2 but that is/would be a lot of work and I will probably save that for the Firebird.
Mark

[FoxGranadaChuck]

Yup... BBC with a carb and a 700R4. Floor shifter. The motor position is still shifting but at this point it is 10" rearward and 5" down from the stock V6 location.
Paddle shifters would be cool but you have to have the "E" version of the trans to work. I am trying to keep the build simple as far as drivetrain goes. I do have a line on an LS2 but that is/would be a lot of work and I will probably save that for the Firebird.
Mark

That's cool.

[trackrat79]

I was under the impresion that the 4l60E used the same casing as the 700r4 and would bolt right up to a gen1 type engine without any special parts. What would realy be cool is if you could get your hands on one of the new five speed auto's. In case you were not aware you can put paddle shift on any auto tranny it just takes a bit of extra parts to do it to a non electric tranny.

[astroracer]

Yea, 700R4_4L60_4L60E are all the same case (mostly). I was looking at the paddle shifter stuff but saw no applications for a non electronic trans... Maybe I missed something on the site?
Mark