Alright sports fans I did a test drive today on the way home from the exhaust shop. I will be honest and just like everyone else when they first dealt with the transmission. I hate it. It is going to take some getting used to. I think mine is a throttle pedal problem it is not releasing all the way off so I will deal with that tomorrow. Raising the cab can cause a return issue. Tried dual springs and it is still doing it so I am going to have to remove the whole bracket and drill the hole for the throttle rod a little higher up on that plate. Should hopefully help.
Went with 5inch exhaust and a magnaflow muffler. so in case I ever decide to go big cam the exhaust is already in place. I am going to have to move the AC condenser towards the drivers side some to get it away from the exhaust. I may put the cage back on it to the inside Not sure yet. Was a nice little bend and down around the bellhousing to deal with.
As far as driving. Yeah your first time sucks. Especially with no bed it was pretty bumpy with the wrecker springs. I started in 8th. Has that slight bog on take off but spins up quick. shifting to 10 doesn't drop the rpms much. I have a whine in 11th thru 13th but once I get to 14th its gone. and yes when I hit 14th she takes off quick on picking up speed. I mean very quick I was quite impressed on the top end. I never got to 15 or 16 just city driving at traffic time. I will try to get a video tomorrow.
But she is mostly done. I will say this as a wise word of wisdom. It sucks to be the first person to do something. It really does. It took me about 5 weeks of some all day and some days of only a few hours. No help at all other than a roommate running the forklift to put the transmission in. Everything else other than the exhaust was done by me. The little crap is what irritates you the most. It is absolutely retarded how much little stuff takes up a lot of time. My advice. Don't be the first to do something different unless you just like pulling your hair out, cussing at yourself, and getting stir crazy. And yes I will say that I am the dumb retarded son of a gun that decided to do all the work in August.
