Quote: maybe stupid question, but: why does noone use the complete Dodge truck trans (I think they are called NV5400)? Are they that huge, I eman the A518s are usable in muscle cars too? Wrong gearing for street car? Would tehy fit into a C-body (I got one...)?
the NVG1500/1550 replaced the AX15 in 4cyl jeeps and 4cyl daks, and that's a very weak tranny--I wouldn't put it behind a V-8. the NVG3500/3550 was behind 5.2's in dakotas and rams, but they are physically very large, and have an integral bellhousing, like an auto tranny. IIRC they're rated from NVG for 300 ft-lbs, and because of that were never offered behind 360's in 1/2 tons, only 318's. I had one in my truck, ratios were nicely spaced, but I don't think it would be worth the hassle (you'd have to do MAJOR surgery for this one--it's physically larger than a tremec TKO) the NVG4500 was in 3/4 and 1 tons, it's a cast iron 5 speed with low (6:1ish) first gear, and is very beefy, but not performance oriented, and larger than the 3500. the 5600 is the cast iron 6 speed that was offered in 1 tons. it makes the 4500 look small. I used to work for the company that built all the shifters for NVG and the Tremec T-800 tranny in the GM pickups (In fact, I did some of the design work on the tremec shifter)
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