Gifted a 68 c20- what to do

[Rufas]

Originally Posted by Woody2shoez

Hey guys, first post.

I’ve recently been gifted a 68 c20 from my wife’s grandfather. The truck has a sm465 with an in-line 250. It however does not have the original rear because he didn’t like how low it was and rather than changing the gear ratio put in another vehicles full float rear. To my understanding the Eaton rear doesn’t have a lot of ration options anyway.

The plan is to do a v8 and tranny swap and keep things fairly simple. However I’m having trouble deciding which route to take. I would like an overdrive trans and really am struggling to find which one to go with. My budget is 8k and I’m aware I’ll likely go over that. But if I say 8k and I go 11 I’m alright. I plan to lower the truck and have ac as well.

The motor I’m looking at is a blueprint motors 350 with 375hp and 420t. On top I’d like to do a fitech fuel injection set up.

Now the fun part... the trans. What is the best bang for buck route to go? 700r4 has issues with tv cable on the fitech. Th350 doesn’t have overdrive and I’ve delt with that before. Gear vendors added to the th350 is expensive. 4l60 isn’t all that cheap or easy. T56 isn’t all that cheap. I haven’t heard of anyone doing the nv4500 so I can’t find any info. Anything I’m not thinking about?

Now driving the th350 without the gearvender is what I keep falling back on for expense reasons. The idea would be I’d be able to have a drivable vehicle while I look for a used gv or save for a new one.

Any ideas would be greAtly appreaciated
Thanks
-Woody
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Where did you hear that about 700R4 and FiTech? Someone has really misinformed you about that. I'm running an 700R4 with FiTech in both my 67 Cutlass with a 468 BBC and my 70 GMC supercharged 350 with FiTech. On the 67 Cutlass the 700R4 has been installed since 2011 without issues. The 468 was dyno'd at 518HP and I have not gone easy on the 700R4. If your worried about the TV cable adjustment just have it adjusted after your get it running. The TV adjustment is not that hard.

1967 Cutlass with 468 BBC with R700 trans


1970 GMC C2500 with R700 Trans



Bowtie Overdrives Patented TV Made Ez system. I'm using that on both the Cutlass and the GMC. BowTie will modify the Holley Carb system for the FiTech.

[WhiteCST]

Originally Posted by Rufas

Where did you hear that about 700R4 and FiTech? Someone has really misinformed you about that. I'm running an 700R4 with FiTech in both my 67 Cutlass with a 468 BBC and my 70 GMC supercharged 350 with FiTech. On the 67 Cutlass the 700R4 has been installed since 2011 without issues. The 468 was dyno'd at 518HP and I have not gone easy on the 700R4. If your worried about the TV cable adjustment just have it adjusted after your get it running. The TV adjustment is not that hard.

1967 Cutlass with 468 BBC with R700 trans


1970 GMC C2500 with R700 Trans



Bowtie Overdrives Patented TV Made Ez system. I'm using that on both the Cutlass and the GMC. BowTie will modify the Holley Carb system for the FiTech.

Rufas your truck is sick.

[Rufas]

Originally Posted by WhiteCST

Rufas your truck is sick.

Thanks.

My wife uses that term but with a different meaning.