WTB: ZF4HP22 parts (have transmission already)

[SMN3D]

Hey V8Volvo,

Yes, long time no participation from me here at D24T... (not voluntary)

Thank you for that other link, discussing tilting the transmission vs. tilting the engine.

I have been trying to get this project going for several years; the person who originally signed on to do it decided to "move onto greener pastures", so I brought the whole pile of engineless 82 sedan and parts up to Anders. The other guy made it seem like a slight transmission tilt was easily dealt with, but reality is reality, and he didn't provide ZF cooling lines or crossmember (And yes, I meant "crossmember" not "mount", thank you for clarifying).

He did provide a temporary drive shaft which he said works, but which I would probably want to use only as a template to have a custom one built.

ZF notwithstanding, now I feel like both of you are either conspiring, or helping, me to make a B55 decision!

Timing is working against me--my wife recently had surgery, and needs an automatic to drive in a few weeks, so I may postpone my ZF dreams until some future date when time is not of the essence and I can do it properly. I DESPISE quarter-assing things (half of half-assing), but I'll just consider this a temporary "rear end ratio w/o overdrive test" :-D

I really, really, really wanted overdrive and lockup torque converter, but Anders believes a B55 (which he happens to have laying around from a recent purchase) with the 3.31 tallest-of-tall rear ends (also from the same vehicle) would be a fine combo. My wife will not mind missing "snap off the line", and hopefully the turbo will spool up a bit during regular in-town acceleration.

So I'm still collecting ZF parts, but with less urgency now. Maybe a summer project (didn't say WHICH summer--I have a neglected Corvair, GMC Jimmy, and Travco motorhome which I'll probably focus on this upcoming summer)

I'll have to look for a Electronic Speedo-compatible rear end and electronic speedo at some point too for the ZF conversion--but the B55 of course has the cable speedo mount which I can use now. And I can see how the 3.31 feels, vs. going back to the 3.54 (which the car currently has). And yes, I still need a crossmember and the cooling lines.

Thank you RedArrow for an offer of B55--if something goes haywire, I may need one!

Thank you again for being such a great community, and hope to see you at the XXX Root Beer fest in February (which I FINALLY made it to for the first time last year, snow postponement and all). Maybe that's a good time to collect the parts I need...!

Scott