'New' cheap daily driver... not a Mopar but I love it!

Agreed about the intake gaskets and transmission, both are currently fine but I'm keeping an eye on them. I did drop the pan and put in a new filter and refilled with Dexron VI, old fluid looked and smelled fine. I believe the car has spent most if not all its life in Colorado so the reduced power from the thinner air probably helped keep it alive. First thing I'm gonna change with the tuner is increasing shift pressures and changing some of the shift scheduling so it doesn't shift as much. They also did have torque management built in which I'll modify a bit but I'm definitely keeping it functional at least during shifts. It kind of sucks, at WOT it'll pull out 10-12° of timing to reduce the wear on the clutch packs and you can definitely feel it. Same goes for kickdown, you feel a momentary loss of power before it shifts then it comes back. Annoying.