Myself and another student here were thinking of running in the Silver State Classic in Nevada. Our original intention was to build a very torquey Pontiac 455 or Chevy 468-600+ inch motor and overdrive the crap out of it. Well, while thinking about torquey motors, the subject of gas turbines came up. Now, we want to figure out a way to drop a gas turbine into a '72 trans-am or similar car and hook an automatic transmission up to it. Our current budget is $0 so any free parts like a 600-1500 hp turbine engine or some donor transmissions like a turbo 400 would be greatly appreciated.

And now for the technical questions. A jet engine doesn't make vacuum like a gas, so we would not be able to use an automatic valve body. I know there are manual valve bodies, but my concern is that they are a N123 shift pattern. If something happens and my engine spools up really quickly, I want to be able to get into neutral. Is there a manual valve body with neutral near 3rd?