How did you pick your torque converter?

You're right about it being a neutral balanced unit.

What are your overall goals with the car? Are you trying to squeeze every last bit of E.T. out of it f or racing, or are you using it more for street/strip and just messing around?

If it's the latter, then the PTC unit that you're considering will be fine when you swap out to the Magnum motor. Otherwise, I agree with AbodyJoe. Hold off until you have the engine where you want it.

Thanks for the input...

Thsi is a street driven car that I'd like to bring to the strip a few times/summer...so it's not necessarily going to be the hottest small block on the planet. However, I would prefer a well matched, good performing unit so I'm leaning towards holding off for now...

...so what would happen if I ran the stock 318 torque converter? Would the car be drivable?