th200 interchange with a th350?

I have a 76 Camaro dirt track car that smoked the th350 in there last race... A friend of mine gave me a th200 from a 77 Nova. From what I've read it should bolt up to the mounts and the length difference is close enough to be irrelevant - is this true?

I'm more concerned if the 200 would hold up to the abuse? We run in first or second gear on a 4/10 mile dirt track for 200 laps (or 25 if the tranny blows up.)

Changing the tranny is pretty easy in the car (I love race cars - just cut away what's in the way and nothing is 20 years old and rusty...) and if it'll last a race or two that'll give me enough time to get the th350 overhauled and back in there.

It's a 307 in there right now with a 2bbl and a .447 lift cam and stock manifolds, so we're not talking 500 hp. But we are talking two hours of

3000+ sustained rpm under load....

Ray

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IIRC, that's what we called a metric tranny. They weren't known for being strong in a stock, street car. That so, I doubt it'd be reliable enough for such a torture test. HTH, s

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Shep

ok then, not using it... I'm back to looking for a TH350 locally....

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user

It might bolt up, but don't bet the pink slip on it holding up that long. Especially if it's been used lots.

-LMB

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Louis M. Brown

Well, it held up just fine in my 4-cyl Vega!

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