Will Chevy Mount to GMTH425 Toronado/Eldorado Transaxle?

[Paul Tholey]

Okay, there might be some EFI content here.

Not too long ago there was a discussion about the traction control setup in
a Fiero.  Want to know more?  Check the archives.  Anyways, the traction
contol was used by GM up to 18 mph so they could warranty the front CV
joints.  That is warranty them from sheering off due to the Northstar's
power.  Id a manual trans is desired, and the S10 fit's the budget, I am
betting the traction contol system could be used to save the life of the
tranny.  After all, I have broken more 4 speeds from torque than
horsepower.  Eliminate the stress of torque launching the car (drag
scenario) and I think you'll be A-okay. 
     	I believe the pcm would cut the injector to every other cyl. then
alternate accordingly, similar to a limp home mode.  Other ecm's are
capable of such cutting of spark or fuel delivery so that it is still a
viable option even without the Caddy pcm.  I also know that the limp home
mode allows the caddy to run without coolant just FYI.


HTH

Paul Tholey

.At 06:30 PM 6/15/99 -0400, you wrote:
>At 06:19 PM 6/15/99 -0400, you wrote:
>
>>On tidbit I do know is that the S10 4cy and 2.8 V6 use the front wheel
>>drive so that you can use a 700R4 out of an S10 to make your northstar RWD
>>or use the Stick shift set up if you want a manual tranny RWD northstar.
>
>A word of warning here is the 4 cyl and 2.8 S10 manual or auto trans was
>marginal at handling the low power of those two anemic engines... Put a
>northstar in front of it and you'll blow parts all over the driveway.  If
>you can get the 700 R4 case and put some heavy duty V8 guts into it, it may
>last.
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