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As for a shift kit i would go with a transgo TF2 with the street strip level.The B&M kits hit to hard at light throttle.As for internals you probably dont need nothing fancy.I have run 7.6s in the 1/8 with a stock trans and just a TF2 kit in a 69 coronet with a 499,pulling 1 wheel up.

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wheel weight has little to do with reliability, Itll sure hurt your 60 foot times, but nothing else. A shift kit is the best thing for reliability as a faster shift is a longer lasting transmission. trans buddy told me a 904 can take small block power with just a kit and a cooler. TransGo makes their kits with 3 shift options, light spring heavy spring and solid rod for the accumulator which dampens the shifts. The light spring is quicker than the stock it replaces and the others are even quicker. the solid rod is just violent. And those windows will get you pulled over faster than baggies of rock flying out of your trunk here in CA!

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you will need your throttle pressure linkage with the tranzgo 2 kit

the tranzgo3 makes it a forward shift full manual VB and no linkage,IIRC

or a forward/revers shift full manual vb to replace your stock VB for no linkage

I went with a forward shift full manual low band apply valve body with a billet low/revs servo from CRT in mine for no linkage on the 88-440 truck about 500bones for VB and servo

you are wanting the lower first gear stuff from an mid 80s a999 tranz for your older 904

might want to check with dusturbed340w5(woody) over in kissimmee Fl,he has the low gear sets out for sale and ready to go,I just got a few things from him and he said he has not relisted them yet..shoot him a PM..he a tranz builder also

my local guy i told you about charges a flat 800bones to rebuild a mopar tranz, thats with me bring just the tranz in over the counter and thats a fair price IMHO

what rear axle do you have in your car?

you could use a nice 3.23 or 3.55 for your cruzing in that heavy car with those 22" blings

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I've pretty much decided already what I want to do, thanks to the help and advice of you guys here. I was just browsing the board and came across that and was curious, as I had never heard of any mods that allowed you to run an automatic without the kickdown linkage.

I stopped by to meet the guy that Im likely going to go with, so I could get a more detailed estimate and pick his brain. Im really comfortable with him. Like I said before, he is highly recommended, even by other transmission shops. And even better, he's a Mopar guy . He has his 72 Charger sitting out front of his shop that he's putting together, and showed me a few mopar trans's that he just put together.

I gave him an idea of what I wanted and he started to tell me about some of the same mods that you guys have mentioned to me. What we have set right now is a full rebuild with Transgo TF2 shift kit, low gearset, 1800-2000 stall converter, and new trans mount. He was already aware of the differences b/w '71 and earlier vs '72 and later trans

Im just going to be dropping the car off to him and he will remove, rebuild, reinstall and setup kickdown linkage, etc... I talked to him about my kickdown linkage, and he pulled out his extra 4bbl kickdown linkage to his charger and told me it was mine, and included in the setup. Pretty nice guy.

I decided that I will get many of the parts through him as that was the only way that the parts will be warrantied by his shop. That makes it cost a little more than if I were to supply the parts, but I think its worth it to have him warranty the whole trans locally without me having to wait for a company to send me replacement parts if something were to fail, and then me have to pay for labor. With him removing, rebuilding, re-installing, testing, setting up, and supplying all the parts (except converter and TF2 kit) Im looking at about $1350. He quoted me $200 for the TF2 kit and $300 for a more performance oriented converter, so I would be looking at abut $1850 if I got those parts from him as well. Not sure how I want to do that part yet. Ive seen TF2 kits on ebay for $85 or so, and I can get a converter for $120 or so, but if those parts fail then I would still have to pay labor for them to be replaced. But if I get them through him, which would also give me a little higher quality converter than the parts stores near me, then they would be warrantied through him for parts and labor, no cost to me.

What do you think about this? Pay less by supplying my own parts and get no warranty, or pay a little more and be covered by the warranty?

roe

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If the car still runs, grab a 904 core and go to town!

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