80's A998/A999 into Early A

No no, sorry, should have clarified. I pulled the 318/904 combo from the 85 Chrysler, and dropped it in the Dart. Have an 8 3/4 with 3.23's in it. When driving, I remember 3rd gear would start to rev higher, then kick down a little making the RPM's a little lower.

The Valiant has a 7 1/4 with somewhere around a 2.90 gear.

I'll check both those areas on the transmission though.

Ok I gotcha. That sounds like the lockup torque converter kicking in. That being the case it will lower the cruise rpms a little and may help the fuel mileage.