Thanks for the kind words...

1) No, I have not dyno'd the engine. It's a Mopar Crate 360/380HP engine, so presumably, it makes 380HP at the flywheel. No idea what it would do at the rear wheels.

2) Too soon to tell, but looking at the intake and cam that I have, MP recommended in the 2400 to 2800 stall range. So I went with a 2600. I had to do a custom TC anyway, as I kept my A500 and the bolt patterns are different...I could have elongated one hole on the flexplate and used an A500 stock converter, but I'd only save about $100 doing so, so I opted for the correct converter for my application.

3) Yes, simplicity and I already had the intake and carb. Not using EFI I was able to eliminate the ECU completely and half the engine wiring harness/sensors. Plus my truck started as a TBI so the harness wasn't in place to to MPI anyway. If I had started with a magnum engine harness and ECU I may have stayed that way. If I were going standalone management, I would divorce it completely from the ECU myself. Much easier to set up and maintain, IMO.

Nice engine....you didn't say what year Dak you were swapping into...makes a lot of difference on many things. Even though 87 to 96 are Gen I, 87 is different from 88 to 90, is different than 91, is different than 92 to 95 and different from 96.

 

So just to follow up on my transmission issues. Seems like the person I hired to rebuild it the first time was a crook. He didn't even touch the overdrive section. New guy that I found who is a world class transmission builder in business in my area for 20 years disassembled my A500 and showed me what he found. Indeed the pump had gone bad but there was so many issues with the rebuild it was pathetic. And the overdrive that I had bought all new parts for the rebuild weren't installed!! The sprag was trash with so much play it's so wonder it didn't shake itself to death. So the crook had kept all my performance parts and did much of nothing. Of course in the year the transmission sat on my shelf waiting for assembly he completely disappeared. Anyway I can only blame myself but its really disheartening there are people like that. The new builder kept my a500 case and basically built a V8 transmission with it...increased the clutch pack from 6 to 10 and dares me to kill it. Full year warranty and even offered to put a performance shift kit better than the trans go kit I have in it when I want to bring it back. Ran out of time as I wanted it back for a show today and he even came into work early on a Saturday so I could take it to the show. Cost me an arm and leg but for piece of mind worth it.

 

Glad you got the transmission worked out!! FWIW my transmission guy is not real crazy about the transgo shift kits. Cant remember the brand he does prefer.