Hotchkis 76 Dart Build

DTMRacing, you guys are really in Yuma? Great build and fab work.

Although I've dumped my A body project to work on my primary project (very high optioned 69 Sport Satellite, and yes I'm on the FBBO too) still good info here for my (or any) restomod.

There is a fellow here in Tucson that has a beautiful 72 Cuda with a stroker 6.1L Gen 3 and a Tremec. He's given me some good info. He does track time out in Wilcox AZ with it.

I'm currently working on putting a 5.7L Gen 3 into the Satellite. Final plan is the all aluminum 7L crate engine from Mopar Performance. And I see a few things that someone doing this is going to have to deal with regardless of body. Namely, the bellhousing and engine controller.

Let's start with the bellhousing/clutch/trans. Although you've opted for a completely different trans, you might have some input of value. I'm going with an A833 for now and plan on moving to a Passon 5 speed at some point. Planning on a Quicktime scatter shield (had a clutch come apart once in my 70 Chally, and once was enough). I've had a few folks tell me that the Quicktime and the A833 is a bolt on to the Gen 3 engines. The guy with the Cuda above said Mc Leod flywheel. But Quicktime doesn't list a Gen 3 specific bellhousing for use with an A833. By chance have you heard of any issues with this match up using the regular LA bellhousing from Quicktime (which is what I've been told is the combination that I'll need)?

Second is something that I've really been thinking through, what am I going to need to get the wires from the controller through the firewall to the engine? What connectors are those? Looks like ITT mil spec Cannon plugs. Who was your supplier for those? My concern is water. Building my car to drive and yeah, it might get wet sometime. I have had more than a few references to Hotwire Auto. But still not exactly sure which way I'm going with that. There are some advantages to using a modified factory Mopar controller and there are some for using aftermarket controllers. The main advantage for the aftermarket is that I can tune them myself. And the Hotwire solution doesn't allow for that. So what made you select the Hotwire modified controller?

Karl M.