1978 Chevy Camaro I want to swap my transmission

1978 CHEVROLET CAMARO
100,000 MILES • V8 • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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HUESTIFER
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I have a 1978 Camaro that has a 1991 Caprice engine in it (5.7 TBI FUEL INJECTION) the original Transmission just went out. and I found a really inexpensive Barrly used (8000miles) Transmission that i think might work (TH4L60E FROM 2001 S-10 TRUCK
4 SPEED AUTOMATIC, ELECTRONIC 700R) the TH4L60 Fits in the 1991 Caprice but the electronic version is for a later model caprice.
so my question is if my engine fits the original trany then could I replace the original with this one?

also the transmission I found Is Electronicly controled and OBD2 and the 91 Caprice engine is OBD1 so would that be an issue?
Feb 4, 2008 at 5:43 AM
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JOHNYPHANTOM
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your best bet would be to find an older 350 or 400 trans , it should bolt up to engine just fine and you wont have all the electronics to worry about . only thing you need to be sure of is length of transmission compared to what you have
Feb 7, 2008 at 6:24 PM