MA5 5-speed to 5.7 hemi?
Would you believe that info is now over ten years old. I've led many a poor soul down the garden path with it. I've even seen it reprinted in a book. Didn't get a quarter. LOL.
Anyway, yes, I can go out and take some tape off of the R154 and AX15 if it helps. The MA5 is a good transmission. With that said, my philosophy is "Just because you CAN do something, doesn't mean you SHOULD do something". Are you sure you want to cut into your car and put one in? I've got a big block and I'm going with a Viper T56. I have no doubt the MA5 can handle a Hemi, but there are other options.
Personally, I'm a junkyard dog. I like the idea of putting parts together and making them work. Your opinion?
Greg
That's a shame man, you gotta copyright everything nowadays! As for the MA5, I've been researching this car and my general build for years(10?). In all of those years, I've waited and watched new products come and go, few successes. I've been back and forth between automatics, manual, electronically paddle shifted manuals AND automatics, etc. etc. etc. I've looked at Keisler, Passon, Twist Machine, Bowler, CK Trannies, it goes on and on. All I ever wanted was to get something I would enjoy driving as well as provide minimal tunnel modifications so I could utilize a stock 66 center console to match the 66 cuda dash I will be putting in the car. The MA5 just seems to be the best option I've yet come upon and I could continue to research this for another decade but at some point I just have to commit to something and be satisfied. I think I can commit to, and be satisfied with the MA5.
I also had crazy dreams(1000+ hp twin turbo'd 3rd gen hemi) with this car originally that I've had to of course reel myself back into reality. Money was the main motivator... I just can't stomach the idea of having a $50k+ car that would only ever be worth $25k... 66 Darts aren't exactly killing it at Barret-Jackson. Not to imply that I think of the Dart as a financial investment, just that there's a certain level of reason with which I have to treat it.
That said, quite a bit of the stuff on the car is aftermarket, looking back, I definitely would have done it different. I could have build an outstandingly good handling car on torsion bars and leaf springs, factory big disk brake conversion and a 408 stroker on megasquirt. Instead of that I'm building a 5.7 hemi with megasquirt and coil overs everywhere. It's okay though, this is where I'm at now and I just have to move forward.
So Greg, unless you've got another idea, it seems like the MA5 is the right transmission for me. I even contemplated putting an srt-4 motor in the Dart but when I saw how the rwd conversion went for another individual using the MA5 trans, and his lack of satisfaction with the clutch, I said screw that. As much as I love forced induction, this just isn't the right time.
