Toronado Engine and Transmission

[ben j. darnell]

I'm in the process of rebuilding a 1973 GMC motorhome and need to have
the engine and transmission rebuilt. I learned that a friend of mine
has a 1967 Toronado engine and transmission that he is willing to sell.
Will a Toronado engine and transmission work in a GMC motorhome? If so
are there a specific model/serial number that I need to verify? Any
help would be much appreciated.

Thanks.
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Ben Darnell
726 Juliff-Manvel RD
Rosharon, TX 77583

 

[patrick flowers]

>
> I'm in the process of rebuilding a 1973 GMC motorhome and need to
> have the engine and transmission rebuilt. I learned that a friend of
> mine has a 1967 Toronado engine and transmission that he is willing
> to sell. Will a Toronado engine and transmission work in a GMC
> motorhome? If so are there a specific model/serial number that I
> need to verify? Any help would be much appreciated.

Ben,

I believe a 67 Toro would be 425cid. Your 73 GMC has a 455. If yours
is unusable for rebuilding, you should be able to find an 76 or earlier
Toro in a salvage yard with the 455 at a reasonable price.

Patrick
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Patrick Flowers
Mailtoatri63

The GMC Motorhome Page
http://www.gmcmotorhome.com

 

[robert teed]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-gmcmotorhome
>[mailtowner-gmcmotorhome]On Behalf Of Patrick Flowers
>Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 1998 7:44 AM
>To: gmcmotorhome
>Subject: Re: GMC: Toronado Engine and Transmission
>
>

>>
>> I'm in the process of rebuilding a 1973 GMC motorhome and need to
>> have the engine and transmission rebuilt. I learned that a friend of
>> mine has a 1967 Toronado engine and transmission that he is willing
>> to sell. Will a Toronado engine and transmission work in a GMC
>> motorhome? If so are there a specific model/serial number that I
>> need to verify? Any help would be much appreciated.
>
>Ben,
>
>I believe a 67 Toro would be 425cid. Your 73 GMC has a 455. If yours
>is unusable for rebuilding, you should be able to find an 76 or earlier
>Toro in a salvage yard with the 455 at a reasonable price.
>
>Patrick
>--
Patrick,
Is the Transmission in the Toronado the exact same thing as the GMC?
Or is the GMC beefed up in the drivetrain department...
Rob

 

[bartz paul]

I believe what you are referring to is known as a switched pitch or
variable pitched transmission. Don Brown from W Lafayette IN, for one,
runs one in his coach. Because switching on that feature leads to heat
build-up in the torque converter, there is a time limit in its use at
any point.

Paul Bartz

> -----Original Message-----
> From: CHill113 [SMTP:CHill113]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 1998 10:32 AM
> To: gmcmotorhome
> Subject: Re: GMC: Toronado Engine and Transmission
>
> Last time I had my trans rebuilt, the owner of the shop tried to find
> a Toro
> trans from the mid 60's for me. He says they had a extra feature that
> could be
> rigged up to kick down into a lower ratio for the mountains. He
> couldn't find
> one at that time. Pehaps some of the experts here can tell you more
> about what
> he was telling me.

 

[bartz paul]

The coach transmission is a model THM 425.

Paul Bartz

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Teed [SMTP:robteed]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 1998 9:44 AM
> To: gmcmotorhome
> Subject: RE: GMC: Toronado Engine and Transmission
>
> >Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 1998 7:44 AM
> >To: gmcmotorhome
> >Subject: Re: GMC: Toronado Engine and Transmission
> >
> >

> >>
> >> I'm in the process of rebuilding a 1973 GMC motorhome and need to
> >> have the engine and transmission rebuilt. I learned that a friend
> of
> >> mine has a 1967 Toronado engine and transmission that he is willing
>
> >> to sell. Will a Toronado engine and transmission work in a GMC
> >> motorhome? If so are there a specific model/serial number that I
> >> need to verify? Any help would be much appreciated.
> >
> >Ben,
> >
> >I believe a 67 Toro would be 425cid. Your 73 GMC has a 455. If
> yours
> >is unusable for rebuilding, you should be able to find an 76 or
> earlier
> >Toro in a salvage yard with the 455 at a reasonable price.
> >
> >Patrick
> >--
> Patrick,
> Is the Transmission in the Toronado the exact same thing as the GMC?
> Or is the GMC beefed up in the drivetrain department...
> Rob