The 700R has become a very popular transmission today. I always have to kinda laugh when I here that though. GM lists the 700R4 as a "Light Duty" transmission. For a performance car it is "NOT" a good choice because of the gear selections GM used in this transmision.

Ist gear in all 700R4's is 3.06 and then there is a huge jump to 2nd gear at 1.63. That is a 47% difference, compare that to a Muncie M21 4 speed, transmission were if you make the shift from 1st to "3rd" and skip second altogether that is only a 41% difference. The 700r4 was built and designed to help GM with its EPA rating. It does a good job on that front but at the cost of performance and durability.

Adam, I know this doesn't answer the questions you asked but if its not to late maybe you can reconsider your choice, and get a tranny that is more suited to performance work.

RS