The great big off road thread!

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by Dunerdr

My dad’s got a 307 and th350 sitting on a pallet for his. It’s crazy high geared with the 33s on the road. We looked at different transmission options like a t5 to get a lower first for stopping and starting but economically speaking the 700$ known running driving sbc and th350 will be about 70% the cost of most anything else. I wanted to keep it a standard but the auto was cheap and available.

Price and availability beats what if's every time.
I get it, I'm a gear cruncher myself but from what you've posted about the terrain you wheel in an automatic trans is probably the better choice anyway.