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Can anyone shed some light as to which gearboxes the WB statos had and whY? Trimatic V T350
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why is the WB stato 308 blue eng code Kept L31, whereas the Blue 253 is L36?
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350 is stronger but the trimatic is more foregiving, meaning if both boxes were knackered the trimatic will keep you driving where a turbo will stop the car from going pretty much.
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Early WB 308 were TH350. Late WB 308 were trimatic. Changeover point is sometime early 1982 from memory (same as VH Commodore).
Blue 253 is a different motor to the red one ie 4 barrel valley and carb hence the designation change to L36.
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Hmmm.... I have 2 WB Statesmans. Both are 1984 models and both have Turbo 350 Trans in them..
Not too sure about your 1982 changeover theory..
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If they are 1984 they will have originally been trimatics.
What code is on the BODY plate? M38 or M40?
Are you sure they are TH350? Do they have a mechanical kickdown off the carby?
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yes.
My feeling wa the the early ones were M38 (T350)
Then to trimatic thru the middle
Back into turbo late????
my 7/1982 is M40 (deville)
My 3/ 1984 is M38 (caprice)
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Just a few more stats guys:
My 11/84 Caprice is M40
My old 08/82 Caprice was M40
I totally agree with Byron and have never seen a mid 82 onwards WB with an M38. Adam Id be really interested in seeing a photo of the body tag of your Caprice. Maybe it
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Just a few more stats guys:
My 11/84 Caprice is M40
My old 08/82 Caprice was M40
I totally agree with Byron and have never seen a mid 82 onwards WB with an M38. Adam I'd be really interested in seeing a photo of the body tag of your Caprice. Maybe it
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Hi Byron,
Yes they are TH350 Trans. I do know the difference... I wrecked both cars and sold the Turbo boxes to some VERY Happy customers to put directly behing Chev engines.
I have not had a chance to check the numbers yet on the body code plate.
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I'd be surprised if they were originally TH350's as Holden had stopped using them by then as far as I knew. Stranger things have happened though.
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Id be surprised if they were originally TH350s as Holden had stopped using them by then as far as I knew. Stranger things have happened though.
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we have a 11/84 statesman caprice L31 M40 running a trimatic which i thought was strange hope this helps cheers
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As it should be, as all WB Statesmans after sometime in 1982 had M40 (trimatic boxes).
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Just to confirm the changeover my 11/82 WB DeVille is a factory M40 (trimatic).
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Just to confirm the changeover my 11/82 WB DeVille is a factory M40 (trimatic).
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