anyone know how hard it is to swap a tranny in a 80's Dayton?

[skife]

So me and a few friends were out junkyard'n today and i found a 80's daytona with the Turbo II motor in it 174HP intercooled, and the tranny was shot, i was wondering how hard it is to change one?

[ratmonkey]

it'll take you and a few friends 2-3 days, 2 cases of beer, and something like 150-200$ for the tranny.

got to pull the whole motor to swap it.

[PyRo]

Then you mean about 2-3 hours to swap it and another 2 days to get it in the car and make it work

[skife]

mmkay, I also seen a '79 monte for $300 it need a little body work and the tranny slipps and the guys didn't know how long the motor would last.
i want it, i saw it driving through town a couple of nights ago.

[PyRo]

Anything in that Monte Carlo is probably easy as heck to replace

[ratmonkey]

turbo 350 in that monte, provided it's the v8, would take about 2hrs to swap. bondo work on the other hand may take a while.

350 v8 would cost about 600-700$ for a rebuilt from a local garage or automotive shop, rebuilt th350 trans would be about 300-500$, may go through a few panels and a gallon of bondo making the body look straight on the monte.

full drivetrain swap on an older g body shouldn't take more than 4-5hrs.

[skife]

turbo 350 in that monte, provided it's the v8, would take about 2hrs to swap. bondo work on the other hand may take a while.

350 v8 would cost about 600-700$ for a rebuilt from a local garage or automotive shop, rebuilt th350 trans would be about 300-500$, may go through a few panels and a gallon of bondo making the body look straight on the monte.

full drivetrain swap on an older g body shouldn't take more than 4-5hrs.

i could get a 350 for dirt cheap, my friend actually has about 3 laying around his garage in parts

did those monte's have a fully body or a unibody?
if it is a unibody i would have to check the floor boards over again, really really well.

[ratmonkey]

i could get a 350 for dirt cheap, my friend actually has about 3 laying around his garage in parts

did those monte's have a fully body or a unibody?
if it is a unibody i would have to check the floor boards over again, really really well.

i can get running 350's for free, they basically grow on trees around here. but if you didn't want to go through the business of building one yourself most auto stores have a trade in option for old cores and you can get a 325hp 350 for 600-700.

monte's up to 86 or so have full frames as far as i know. haven't played with anything of a more recent year than that.

[PyRo]

Why do you care more about the floor boards on a uni-body? My camaro is a unibody and I just fixed the floors...

[skife]

i think i'm going to go for it, anyone wanna buy a 2k3 cocker?

[notcreative]

first off you said 1979 monte carlo pretty sure those had Frames so its not a uni body and on the daytona is it a stick or auto. if it is a stick very easy to fix the tranny if it is auto very easy as well. the tranny slipping on the monte is ok fix that (very easy since rear wheel driven car) me personally i would go with the daytona but if that monte was rockin any sort of a big block go wit that.

[ratmonkey]

Why do you care more about the floor boards on a uni-body? My camaro is a unibody and I just fixed the floors...

it'll effect the ability of the car to take torsional loads. the welds may be strong but unless you did it with a really low heat welding style, it'll weaken the area surrounding. with a frame the body takes up much less of the torque, obviously. first thing i did when building my unibody camaro project was to fit it up with a full frame and cage.

[PyRo]

Thats why god gave us SFC's (just had to use that one for some odd reason)