Ultimate A-500

I decided to send my transmission off to a reputable trans shop. He was recommended to me by a couple Mopar buddies that had him build race trannies for them as well as cruiser trannies. I decided to go with a stock type rebuild with a Transgo shift kit and use the stock converter at least for now. The shop owner seemed to know his stuff told me that the TC that would have come in this truck trans was a bit higher stall so I will see how it works once I get my gears and everything else set up. I do my own work, so if I need to yank the trans down to change the TC at some point then so be it, but I think it should be fine for how I intend to use the car. Now I need to deal with building myself a crossmember and getting the driveshaft shortened. I already have all the parts needed for 3/8 cooler lines and an external cooler as well as a couple pressure switches and a vacuum switch for the OD shifting.

The way I see it, if the centerline of the output shaft on the A-500 is the same height (floor to center of shaft) as it is currently on the A-998 that should keep the u-joints at compatible angles even though those angles will be slightly greater because of the shorter driveshaft. Any thoughts on this?

Cley