A500/A518 to Gen-III

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Clay thanks - my set up is a DBC, so I believe I will be using a Lokar kick down pedal cable. My recollection from my last swap, finding or building a bracket was key. also routing of the cable. This is a picture I found on the internet.

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Ronald C. said:
How is the kick down being addressed?
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Are you planning DBW or DBC?

If you are doing DBW just use your throttle cable hooked up to normal linkage that is not hooked to carb.

I thought I saw someone just drill a hole in a DBW pedal and run a cable thru it.

There are solutions out there to make whatever you are doing easy. Thankfully lots of dudes have done the swap.
 
1973Barracuda said:
Are you planning DBW or DBC?

If you are doing DBW just use your throttle cable hooked up to normal linkage that is not hooked to carb.

I thought I saw someone just drill a hole in a DBW pedal and run a cable thru it.

There are solutions out there to make whatever you are doing easy. Thankfully lots of dudes have done the swap.
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Mine will be DBW. I thought I saw were someone did that. Generic cable from the transmission to a throttle body. They just clamped the generic wire on to the TB cable....
 
I thought I saw an assembly just like a carbed setup, only not hooked to a carb. Drilled a hole in the DBW pedal, and ran it like a normal throttle cable hooked to a transmission cable. If that explanation makes sense.
 
1973Barracuda said:
I thought I saw an assembly just like a carbed setup, only not hooked to a carb. Drilled a hole in the DBW pedal, and ran it like a normal throttle cable hooked to a transmission cable. If that explanation makes sense.
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It does, kind of anyway. I would just be curious to hear from someone who has done the switch. There has to be tons of fuel injected Hemi swaps with a 727/904/46RH/? out there.....
 
I think you can do it way cheaper yourself with some stock, a saw and a drill.

I still say you can use your pedal setup, with a cable to a dummy platform to kick down your transmission.

Good luck with your project. I am stuck in Afghanistan, so my project is on hold. Again...........
 
BTW, BPE is pricey compared to other places, but....
You are buying experience with that purchase. Randy will talk to you all day long if he isn’t swamped about your project and give advice. Some guys ***** about the prices, fair enough, but you are paying for more than just the piece.
 
1973Barracuda said:
BTW, BPE is pricey compared to other places, but....
You are buying experience with that purchase. Randy will talk to you all day long if he isn’t swamped about your project and give advice. Some guys ***** about the prices, fair enough, but you are paying for more than just the piece.
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You are probably right. And I wouldn’t even dispute rather it’s worth it. I think you are probably spot on with what your buying. If you want others to build it and kit it, you need to expect it to have a price tag attached. I’m just thinking, again like you, I may be able to engineer something for less money. Guess this is where the saying about why they call it a hobby comes from. It ain’t cheap for sure....
 
Yeah, some dudes are all do it yourself, and that is great. Some guys don’t have the skills or the time. Cool too. IF you don’t like it, don’t buy it or take your business elsewhere. I am somewhere in between.

Good luck Brother
 
1973Barracuda said:
Yeah, some dudes are all do it yourself, and that is great. Some guys don’t have the skills or the time. Cool too. IF you don’t like it, don’t buy it or take your business elsewhere. I am somewhere in between.

Good luck Brother
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Like wise.

Hey, stuck in Afghanistan. Military?
 
Anyone that might be interested...
I have a 518/46RH unit with a 3G HEMI flexplate, 618 internals, rebuilt and ran for a short time before switching to a 5 speed manual.
 
Have my own two pin I had rebuilt for my hemi swap. Changed my mind and went a41. 618 internals would be nice.
 
Ron, that is a solid deal with the internals.
LU or NLU?
I bring it up as TC may come into play if you have or want to use what you may have.
 
I have a 46RH already. But was curious if it would be worth it to just buy a different one vs messing with mine....

But I don’t disagree, but would probably be a wash for me..
 
With those intervals it may well be worth it. Piece of mind.

If it were me, I would weigh that heavily, especially if my TC would work with it.
 
1973Barracuda said:
Ron, that is a solid deal with the internals.
LU or NLU?
I bring it up as TC may come into play if you have or want to use what you may have.
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Not sure if this was directed at me but this one is a lockup type. The trans and converter look as if they were built yesterday. Very clean. It does need the controller to function though. I got this trans in a collection of parts. The prior owner has a 70 'Cuda and he switched to a 5 speed manual.
 
Kern Dog said:
Not sure if this was directed at me but this one is a lockup type. The trans and converter look as if they were built yesterday. Very clean. It does need the controller to function though. I got this trans in a collection of parts. The prior owner has a 70 'Cuda and he switched to a 5 speed manual.
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It was for Ron. You are asking a very fair price for it. But the converter might add to the cost. Was just throwing that out there. Didn’t realize you were including a TC.
 
dartgarth said:
Just an FYI, I had was using manual switches and had rounded up pressure switches to use with my BB/A518 swap with Sniper injection, but then I saw the Comushift mini kit so I got that. It works really slick for something with a TPS. Another side note is that I was going to use the AC cut out feature on the sniper to turn the OD off instead of the vacuum switch normally used.

Garth
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Sorry for noticing this late, but is there a hook up on the Sniper system that serves as a TPS for the CompuShift to hook into? If so where is it at, and was it hard to do? I am thinking of going this route, but just wanted to make sure that is what you are saying.
 
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