Questionable decisions!

MopaR&D said

It should work fine, a shift kit would help it last longer but not critical. Auxiliary cooler is a good idea too. 318s came from the factory in A-bodies with 904 transmissions and those later lockup 904s have stronger internals than earlier ones. FWIW I have a 1965 904 behind the 400-hp 360 in my 70 Duster and it's basically stock inside but has a 2600-stall converter, deep aluminum pan, big aux cooler and TransGo TF-2 shift kit. I've beat on it hard for years and it's held up great.

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Awesome, I'll push forward with this then =) I'm going to put it on a stand and change all the seals, even the shifter shaft seals and adjust the bands so I'll look into some sort of a shift kit - is there any you'd recommend? I see you mentioned using the "TransGo TF-2 shift kit" but that might be beyond what I need?

I plan to run an external cooler as well, not even to sure what im doing for a rad yet, or fans, or a cooler for the trans, all that still needs to be mocked up once i get the motor in, wired and brakes/fuel pluming done. =)

Thanks again for everyone's help and thoughts on this, it's truly apprciated and the reason I love this forum, the members are beyond wonderful and super helpful!