Thanks for the welcome. I will post a few pictures this weekend. I should have included a bit more detail as to what we are doing with our campervan and the mountains.
It will make it up all but the steepest on those it will actually stop. Also while on the highway it really is hard to keep it in 3rd gear as it constantly wants to kick down into 2nd because of the power issues.
The engine is running just like it should according to the mechanic who checked it out a few days ago. he checked spark, manifold (air flow), timing, and took it for a spin. He said it works as it should just doesn't have enough oomph for that van. I also took it to the transmission shop and it came back with a green light.
I have asked him also about just beefing up the 318 as it actually reacts very well to a after market combo of:
Mild cam Upgrade
4 barrel
Intake
Headers
Can boost it up close to an extra 100HP. But it is still missing that low end grunt and torque we need.
We need that because we spend most of our time way in the back country on some pretty white knuckle mountain roads. We need that torque on the climbs and we need some more hold on the big steep descents where relying just on brakes will burn em up.
We are also planning on putting a 4WD conversion into it in the near future so again more HP and torque will be needed.
So by the sounds of it there should be no problem bolting up a 360 to the current transmission. If we go with a 360 it will have a performance rebuild on it so we have more torque and HP.
