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The M40 used in the 68 COPO NOVA was a very different tranie it had a 6800 rpm shift point 6 bolt pattern and one extra disc .There were only 52 of the very first ones , the other 2 were used in the Camroe paces cars used a the Indy 500 that year.

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Since the 50 Gibb Novas were built the first 2 weeks of July 1968 and the Turbo 400 was redesigned for the high horsepower, solid lifter engine for the COPO # 9738 order, I am interested in finding out about the 2 transmissions built for the Indy 500 Pace Cars? James, are you speaking of the 69 Pace cars that you mention of having the other 2 experimental Turbo-400's? While there is another designated COPO number in some material I have seen for the 68 models, I have never been able to find anything on this? The engine code is basically the same as the Gibb cars, but listed as COPO #9626, I believe?

To be specific, the new experimental automatics that was redesigned for the Gibb cars had the capability of 7800 rpm. Actually, these transmission were much like the original 400's in as much as they would shift much like the first Turbo's, but could be manually shifted at points over 7000. Shift points in Drive were less as they had a vacumn modulator valve like any other. Several different codes for the 400 was used by Chevrolet, in fact there were 16 different codes for different applications used in Chevrolets in 69. Though the Gibb cars were built in 68 and the experimental Turbo-400's were also built in 68 for the Gibb Novas, these transmissions were called experimental 69's. Remember these Novas were built right at the 68 models end.