My son drove it home Tuesday. It was running good and we had driven it a 100 miles round trip to San Angelo prior.
The 2500 rpm converter is more like 1700 rpm which means it is fighting against the engine at idle. Engine needs to be around 850-900 in gear which translates to about 1050-1100 in Park. The tight converter kills the vacuum and it has a little cough when the pedal is mashed from a stop. After all the hassle we had before we found the flex plate was out of spec, neither one of us wanted to drop the tranny for about the fifth time. That thing made me old.
It ran good til he was half way home. That was about 75 miles after a gas stop. It got worse and worse until it stopped running about 15 miles from his home.
No fuel in the front bowl and not much in the rear. He has had no time to look at due to the end of daylight savings time. I am guessing brust in the tank but it might have been bad gas at the last stop, or the new fuel pump started going out. We shall see. I was afraid it was my HEI ignition system that had angered the Mopar gods but the further he drove, the less it seemed like ignition and the more it was the fuel side.
It gets a lot of attention when going down the road. That's for sure.
I'll link a video in a little bit.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/fd22SduJgz9Qij9x9