Those little tid bits I did not know of yet. Good to know about the trans. I do plan to mock up and modify everything before sending to body/paint but at least now I will know to expect to mess with the trans tunnel/hump
he gave you partial bad info on the trans.
you have to be Aware of the years that you are getting the donor From.
anything 95 and up you want to be Very careful.
unless its a 518 or 500 trans,then the transmission is computer controlled...
the A500 is a 904 variant overdrive trans and the A518 is the 727 version.
you can actually use a toggle switch on these to activate od.
also,if you Do use an od,bump your gears up another notch.
the spread is meh on these,id say use at Least a 355 if not a 373 or 410 gear with od.
if you stay stock/trans,and dont cut your car up
(which is a very good idea because once people take apart their cars,well,we know how that ends dont we.)
your best bet is to install better gears,323 or 355`s
use a magnum 360 motor out of a dodge truck and reuse your original trans.
buy a magnum 4bbl intake or hey go big and buy a standalone efi.<< $2,000
buy a 360 Car Pan/off ebay/w pickup tube.
buy timing chain and gasket set.
buy new waterpump.
my current magnum swap,i have 600 cash into the parts.
i bought the whole donor vehicle for 200 with a bad trans.
yanked the motor trans,sold the frame immediately and between the rest of the scrap and the cat,i got my 200 bucks Back.
if that motor takes a dump tomm,i simply take my parts back off,
grab another cheap magnum motor out of a junk truck and im rolling again.
compare that to spending tons of money on a Single rebuilt/or built up 318 la motor,
that if it does blow up,
most of the mods and parts are Inside the motor and probably wont be reusable.