Turbo 350 conversion

Submitted: Friday, Aug 01, 2003 at 11:49

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Martyn (WA)

Forumites,
Does anyone out there in forum land know anyone who makes an adaptor kit to adapt a Turbo 350 gearbox to a Rangie 5 speed transfer case, marks don't make one, any other options???
I'll take this opportunity to thank all those who submitted answers to my last post about converting my Rangie "project" over to a Chev 350, on the advice of others I'm now getting the cooling sorted out and I've also decided to forget the LT77 5 speed box option, as optimistic as I am after last weekends rumble in the mud I don't think the box I presently have installed is going to last out the "asthmatic" Rover 3.5 never mind a Chev 350. The quality of the answers in this forum is exceptional / invaluable. Keep the shiny side up

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Reply By: Martyn (WA) - Friday, Aug 01, 2003 at 12:26

Friday, Aug 01, 2003 at 12:26

People,
Please don't worry about this post, I've since found out I can't do this due to physical dimensions so I'm looking at other options, a Turbo 400 is out becuse of it's physical size so I'm looking at a Turbo 700 or something else, all to difficult today so I'm taking some anti depression pills in the shape of a beer later later on and I will have a re think, anybody want to buy a Turbo 350 gearbox? Bugger..... Nissan's are so much easier to work with as are LC's I suspect.Keep the shiny side up

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Follow Up By: Tony - Friday, Aug 01, 2003 at 13:38

Friday, Aug 01, 2003 at 13:38

Can you make it fit with a body lift?

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Follow Up By: Martyn (WA) - Friday, Aug 01, 2003 at 15:00

Friday, Aug 01, 2003 at 15:00

Tony,
I've gone down the track of trying to get the old girl over the pits and doing it "legally", I've already lifted the suspension 50 mm so if I lift the body another 50 mm my 10 year old is going to need a trampoline to get in, never mind my wife, I have the inlaws over at present and my mother inlaw is struggling to get in now, no comments thanks, she is one of the nice mother in laws you find under a Xmas tree, LOL. Anyway I wanted to try and do the mods without lifting the body, and creating a legal battle, getting lane change tests done etc etc.
My next challenge is to mount my auto tune antenna between the spare wheel and the back window on my GQ, this will be a damn site easier than the Rangie problem I have. At present I'm cleaning all the mud a little stones out of the disc calipers after last weekends mud fest, despite everything the rangie is an awsome machine when pushed. As usual my opinion only......
Thanks for the suggestion.Keep the shiny side up

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Follow Up By: Old Jack - Friday, Aug 01, 2003 at 19:54

Friday, Aug 01, 2003 at 19:54

have seen Chrysler 727? series boxes fitted to early rangerovers, they use these boxes with hemi 360+ CUbic inch motors so should handle anything the chev can throw at it!
good luck finding something, it's been done my brother had a rangie with one in it they put a shift kit in the valve body to suit and it worked a treat!

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