I have finally taken the car to the track to see how the transmission is.
Its not quite as fast out of the hole as the stock Saginaw was ... I ran a 1.99 60 ft with the Sag , and could not get better then 2.10 with the Tremec. This is with pretty poor radials( Firestone Firehawks). I had Winston winners before.
Anyway, the shifting was really nice. Through the traps in 4th gear and all of the gears were smooth. Its really nice to be able to bang gears HARD!
I picked up nearly a second with a Cam, heads, intake and transmission swap.
My mighty little 327 mustered a 14.05 @ 99.79. About what I expected. There is a high 13 lurking in the car but I was not willing to wait for the temp to drop.
All in all, there are some NO-NOs that I can recall now that the transmission is in. Not checking the run-out was a bad idea. And I still have not adjusted the driveline angle to the ideal angles. Its all irrelevant now as I have begun teardown of the new 454. The header issue for Big Block Malibus is solved so I can keep my linkage and not worry about the hydraulic setup.
The next posts will come later but this will start again but with a Big Block and checking things the right way.