Thanks for the input gentlemen. Right now I'm leaning towards the 700r4. I have experience with them, and I'm not afraid of them when built properly. I have one behind a diesel in a one ton van. I'm just not familiar enuf with the 200r's to be comfortable putting one in. The price on the TKO 500 kit was a bit more than I want to spend on a tranny.
If I were to shell out the cabbage for an NV4500, I'd likely put that behind my diesel. It's a heavy duty application. I'm just trying to build a fuel efficient driver with this '70 GMC SWB 1/2 ton. It wont tow anything and a few bags of groceries probably the heaviest thing it'll ever haul(besides me, that is), and I'm not going to the races.
I'm adding another thred to get opinions on my plan to build a MPG buggy.
