Quote: I seemed to have touched a nerve somewhere....
So if a person were to go the cheppy TH400 route, how does the starter mount and does it have to shimmed?
It's not so much about the "cheapy" TH400 route.
You still need good internals, but there a numerous advantages, including the choice of aftermarket cases, converter choices, as well as a possible cost advantage all things being equal and the starter is a non-issue with the correct bell.
If you were building a 1000+hp N/A project, looking for the last bit of ET, I'd wager many of the people here recommending 400s would be steering you towards a Proflite (including me), but in your application, the 400/2.10 is tough to beat for all the reasons stated.
I wasn't sure if "cheppy" was supposed to be like "chebby" or "cheapy"........that was a new vernacular for me.......LOL!!........If he was meaning "cheap" then NO, a 400 for 1500+ hp won't be cheap.........BUT, it will be WAY cheaper than the 727 prepped for the same power level.
