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==Overview==
 
==Overview==
 
First, a transmission is a way of applying torque from an engine through a differential to a wheel, causing  forward (or reverse) motion of a standing body.
 
First, a transmission is a way of applying torque from an engine through a differential to a wheel, causing  forward (or reverse) motion of a standing body.
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Starters are on the driver side on Olds 350-455 and Pontiac, and the passenger side on Cadillac 425/472/500 and Buick 225/231/300/340/350/400/430/455.
 
Starters are on the driver side on Olds 350-455 and Pontiac, and the passenger side on Cadillac 425/472/500 and Buick 225/231/300/340/350/400/430/455.
 
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===Adaptors===
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TCI and Trans-Dapt make adapter plates for mounting a BOP transmission to a Chevy engine or vice versa. They are plenty sturdy for all but the most demanding circumstances, and the cost is relatively low.
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[[File:Tci detail.jpg|thumb|300px|left|TCI adapter p/n 230001 for Buick, Cadillac, Oldsmobile, Pontiac engines to Chevy transmissions]]<br style="clear:both"/>[[File:WILCAP ADAPTOR EARLY HEMI TO TH350.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Wilcap adapter on early Hemi for using TH350 transmission]] Wilcap offers an adapter to mount the TH350 tranny to the early Chrysler Hemi (above).<br style="clear:both"/>
  
 
===Uni-bell pattern===
 
===Uni-bell pattern===
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===GM Ecotech===
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===GM Ecotec===
 
* GM [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_Family_II_engine#Ecotec Ecotech] DOHC inline 4
 
* GM [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_Family_II_engine#Ecotec Ecotech] DOHC inline 4
 
[[File:Ecotec2.jpg|thumb|center|400px|Ecotec pattern]]
 
[[File:Ecotec2.jpg|thumb|center|400px|Ecotec pattern]]
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[[File:215 bell.jpg|thumb|300px|Buick/Rover aluminum V8 pattern]]
 
[[File:215 bell.jpg|thumb|300px|Buick/Rover aluminum V8 pattern]]
  
*1961 through 1963 Buick/Oldsmobile/Pontiac [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick_V8_engine#215 215 aluminum V8]
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*1961 through 1963 Buick/Oldsmobile/Pontiac [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick_V8_engine#215 215ci aluminum V8]
**Buick 198 cid V6
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**Buick 198ci V6
 
*1967 through 2004 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rover_V8_engine Rover 3.5, 3.9, 4.0, 4.2, and 4.6L aluminum V8] (based on the 215 Buick aluminum V8)
 
*1967 through 2004 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rover_V8_engine Rover 3.5, 3.9, 4.0, 4.2, and 4.6L aluminum V8] (based on the 215 Buick aluminum V8)
 
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===Cadillac V8, pre-1968 pattern===
 
===Cadillac V8, pre-1968 pattern===
 
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|[[File:331ID49-54.JPG|thumb|345px|center|Cad 1949-'54 331 ci pattern. Note cast in partial bellhousing]]
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|[[File:331ID49-54.JPG|thumb|345px|center|Cad 1949-'54 331ci pattern. Note cast in partial bellhousing]]
|[[File:CADblockID.JPG|thumb|300px|center|Cad 1955-'64 331, 365, 390 cid pattern]]
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|[[File:CADblockID.JPG|thumb|300px|center|Cad 1955-'64 331, 365, 390ci pattern]]
 
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Early Cadillacs manufactured from 1949 to 1954 used a "round top" bellhousing partially cast into the block casting. Around 1955 the bellhousing pattern was revised until the BOP bolt pattern was adopted.
 
Early Cadillacs manufactured from 1949 to 1954 used a "round top" bellhousing partially cast into the block casting. Around 1955 the bellhousing pattern was revised until the BOP bolt pattern was adopted.

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