Okay peeps
Here's the project: '78 RC, 518, 203/205 doubler. Being built for camping, hauling the ATV's, and occasional rock crawling at Moab, etc.
I like the 518 because it's nice and simple. I like the 47RH because it has a lock-up converter and can be combined with an exhaust brake for 'slowing down the load'.
What I can't determine, is what kind of 'manners' a 12V will have with a 518 when in Lo-Lo crawling around. 'Going' isn't the problem - it's the 'woahing' I'm curious about.
With a gasser, ya get decent engine braking.
Without a Cummins, ya don't.
Will it really matter??? I'd love to hear some testimonials from y'all out there in 1st gen land with 518's or 727's who off road a lot.
Do you wish you had a lock-up tranny and an exhaust brake?
I hope I'm making too much of a big deal about it, but I'm going back and forth between using the 518 tranny I have now or finding a 47RH
This is my quanrdy - please lemme hear your thoughts.
Many, many thanks,
- Sam