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