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I had the same thing happen years ago with a 4 spd big block 67 Belvedere. It turned out the big block made enough torque to, over time, loosen the pinion nut, which allowed the pinion to drive too deep into the ring gear. It stopped me dead in my tracks. Put it in reverse, and it...

Dart, I agree with you, but the only thing we can discern is that he "changed the valve body" and now he's confused as to whether or not compression braking is a problem. Without his input on driving style it's kind of a duck shoot and, again, I agree with you; it's either the valve body or...

I read it, but he also stated in the original post that "(i've been shifting a wide range of rpms from about 2500 to 4500rpm)" which means the car does accellerate from low gear just fine and it appears to shift ok. If we were to substitute a manual trans, based on his scenario, then shifting...

Again, no problem here. I personally think, since it's his first manual VB, that he's not used to how it reacts under "normal" driving... Remember, the lack of compression braking in low gear is also to ensure you don't flatten your oil pan each time you do a dry hop or short cycle the...

Not a problem, but, if you read his posting, he stated "no engine braking in low gear - but does brake in 2nd/3rd... Are we talking about "all" valve bodies in general, or trying to help this guy with his Turbo Action unit ? As an addendum, here's the master listing from Turbo Actions...

Agreed; the manual valve bodies have NO internal braking in 1st gear. Therefore, if you "level off" the throttle when shifting from 1st to 2nd (without continuing to accellerate) the car will decellerate as if you dropped a gear. That is normal. The valve body is made for off road use...

Cometic makes a gasket that is slightly thicker than stock, they seal great (assuming your pan is flat), and you can resuse them multiple times if necessary. In my Torqflites I've always used Dextron/Mercon and never had any issues. As noted earlier, Type F is what we used many years ago, but...

Thank you for updating us on that. During the years I built 318's I always used the early model units with steel crank and internal balancing. They were about the toughest engines I've even messed with and damned near impossible to blow 'em up. In fact, I ran mine so hard the rings always gave...

That's intersting feedback and thanks for posting, but I've never encountered an internally balance Mopar engine after 1974 - in big or small block. I've also never had any problems swapping between any of the small and big block assy's as long as I matched external and internal components...

Dartfreak, since your 318 is an '86 model, I'm willing to bet it's externally balanced, which means you can use the 360 trans and converter. Both are external balance, and both have the requisite weights necessary to mate up to your engine. As noted, however, you cannot interchange converters...