looking for first hand info for this swap. anyone running this setup? i got a golen stroker and i want a better tranny to run with this setup. i realize the 700r4 had a shotty past, but i need a new tranny and there is more options for 700r4 than AW4 out there. i saw that novak makes a conversion kit and just would like more info on the swap. thanks
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Anybody run a 4.0 with a 700r4 tranny?
- Thread starter maztheman
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give this place a call, i found them on google but have never dealt with them. they say they build the 700r4 for jeeps and other applications
http://www.high-impact.net/badboy700r4.htm
http://www.high-impact.net/badboy700r4.htm
- Location
- Hammertown, USA
What options could you possibly need? The aw4 is about as prime as it gets. There are a couple of upgrades for it - there would more but they are just unnecessary.
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- Hammerspace
The AW4 has been compared rather favourably to the THM700R4. Also, the early THM700R4s were crap, and wouldn't hold up to the 2.8L V6 until bloody 1990 or so...
The THM700R4 became the 4L60, IIRC - one of those should also work for your application, but the 4L60-E is fully electronically controlled, and you'd have to move electronics over with the thing and figure out how to get them to talk to your system.
However, I'm inclined to think that the THM700R4/4L60 isn't really an upgrade over the AW4, having been inside both boxes. If you get a decent 700/4L60, the difference is nominal at best. If you really want to upgrade, look for THM350/THM400 or A727 - a Powerglide if you can find one! Those boxes are damned near bombproof, but lack overdrive (the Powerglide is a two-speed box that doesn't really even have a low gear, and will probably require a divorced transfer case mount...)
Just because there aren't a lot of upgrades available, doesn't mean that it's an "inferior" box. Look how (relatively) few upgrades there are for the AMC six - but they'll keep stomping along through anything you care to hand their way, and ask for more. Most of the internal "upgrades" would either be purpose-built parts or just happen to fit from other applications...
The THM700R4 became the 4L60, IIRC - one of those should also work for your application, but the 4L60-E is fully electronically controlled, and you'd have to move electronics over with the thing and figure out how to get them to talk to your system.
However, I'm inclined to think that the THM700R4/4L60 isn't really an upgrade over the AW4, having been inside both boxes. If you get a decent 700/4L60, the difference is nominal at best. If you really want to upgrade, look for THM350/THM400 or A727 - a Powerglide if you can find one! Those boxes are damned near bombproof, but lack overdrive (the Powerglide is a two-speed box that doesn't really even have a low gear, and will probably require a divorced transfer case mount...)
Just because there aren't a lot of upgrades available, doesn't mean that it's an "inferior" box. Look how (relatively) few upgrades there are for the AMC six - but they'll keep stomping along through anything you care to hand their way, and ask for more. Most of the internal "upgrades" would either be purpose-built parts or just happen to fit from other applications...
- Location
- Hammertown, USA
Everything you could want for the aw4.
http://www.levelten.com/store/jeep.htm
Shift kits, torque converters, pumps, pans..
http://www.levelten.com/store/jeep.htm
Shift kits, torque converters, pumps, pans..
