727 Transmission Information

Bill Duster said

I'm putting my brother-in-laws project car, 76 Duster, back together and I have two transmissions to chose from. A '79 360 with 727 that came from a car, but I know nothing else about and a '73 727 that came out of a small RV with 22k miles.

Anyone know what the stall speed might be on the RV torque convertor?

Also - Would an RV-Truck transmission have heavier duty bands or clutches than a 727 car trans?

Any help from you Mopar guys would be greatly appreciated. I might even keep the car myself.

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From the factory, the RV transmission might have either waffle or radial lined friction plates in it. It may even have the front drum that holds a couple of more friction plates if the RV was big block powered. The bands, with the exception of the HEMI band were all the same from 1962 to 1989. I say might have, because until you tear it down, it's impossible to say for sure.
Stall wise on the converter a lot depends on what engine the RV had. The stall could range from about 1800 to 2200 stall.
If the 79 is the factory original converter it had a decal on it, either a round one that say either LS lockup or HS lockup. If the decal isn't there look at the input shaft of the transmission.