I have had friends build up nice 406 SBC's & run a 700R4, & they all came to the same agreement, the gear spacing sucks A$$ & they were running a real torquey 406 SB.
I personnaly do not noctice the big gear spacing when it comes to my Syclone w/a V-6 ,but then again my V-6 puts out 550 ft lbs of torque to push it through the the gear gaps.
On a normally aspirated inline 6 I would not use a 700R4,,,sure it takes off good in 1st,but then it would not push through 2nd all that great.
When running a normally aspirated inline 6 ,you need to keep the engine in the toruqe band more & w/the gearing of the 700R4 it will fall out of the torque band worse than it would w/a 200R4. All IMO.
For a plain jane daily driver,any trans will work fine,you just need to know what you are really looking for in a trans,performance,dive the freeway ,city only driving,,etc???.
I always advise a trans w/a OD,,,you can run pretty low gears & still cruise on the highway.
MBHD
