I've been just driving and enjoying and not working on the truck for the last year or so and now I'm planning a build to take place over the next 2 years.

The ad's in the mags for the new MP2300 sc has me itchin for more, so now I'm realisticly looking for about 1,000 hp and ft/lbs at the crank and the engine/sc combination is still undecided. I'm thinkin LSX at somewhere around 434 or more ci.... but I'll ask more about that later.

I'm going to build the drivechain first and it seems to me that the mostly stock transmission and converter has to be the first change and I might as well change the driveshaft at the same time. Then would come the narrowed/tubbed fabricated 9".

What transmission do you recommend that will serve my needs now and be sufficient after the build?

Any information about the wireless paddle shifter I've seen advertised? It sounds like fun.

What converter do I need? I'll mostly be doing street driving, weekends only, no daily driver here. Some racing, but mostly driving around sounding bad and making Mustangs wee-wee's go limp.

What driveshaft do you like?

Thanks for the input.

 

Denny's (driveshaft) has a great rep.
Nothing short of a built 4L80.

 

Hey man, I was wondering the other day what happened to you! Welcome back

For 1000 hp I'd look nowhere other than the FLT level 5 4L80E. With the blower and a 434ci engine, I'd probably do something like a 2800 stall converter, but that also depends on how loose you want it. I've heard a lot of good things about Precision converters. They are very pricey but from what I have read people seem to have good luck with them for high power applications.

 

Thanks for the welcome and the recommendations. I was thinking along the lines of the FLT, especially since they are only about 3 hours drive and only about an hours drive from my grandkids. Leave here early on a Friday, get the work done and go see the kids.

I forgot to ask about rearends. I'd like to not have to cut up the bed and am wondering if there is a aftermarket rear-gear set/pumpkin that will hold up... along w/a set of big axles. Any recommendations?.... or do I need to narrow/tub and do a 9" Fabricated rear end. I love the looks of a fabricated sheet metal rear end but my fuel cell blocks it from view and I really don't want to have to cut up the rear if I can avoid it. I also like my wheels and don't want to buy new ones.

Not having to have a fabricated rear end, tub it and not buying new wheels will cut costs enough that I might be able to do the engine this winter and be up and running in the spring

What rear end will be likely to hold up (I don't beat on it!) that will fit the stock rear end housing?