o No: o No: o No: Hello, stupid question #1 from #1 newbie (I learn as I go) I pulled off my torque converter to my surprise I realized that there was fluid in after it drained all over my leg, wow what the heck was that stuff?? Anyway, what kind of fluid is it? How much do I put in? Your help would be appreciated. What is the difference between a torque and stall converter, do I need a stall converter in my ride (370hp, 510 ft/lb torque)? :3gears: :3gears: :3gears: :3gears:
I may be one of the last people to accurately answer your question, but the fluid that spilled out was Transmission fluid. Your torque convertor fills with tranny fluid just as every other part of your transmission or it would burn up in a second from friction heat. Needs lubrication just like everything else. As far as the stall you are asking, the stall is a component of the torque convertor. If i understand it correctly every torque convertor has a stall speed. You proper stall speed depends on a number of factors like engine build, cam specs, tranmission and gearing. An expert here would need more info than just horsepower and torque ratings to properly advise you on the best torque convertor for your application.
converter help Ok were almost there. Torque onverter stall converter tomatoe tomaato Same thing when talking slang... The torque converter does what it name implies ...it converters the engines torque through to the transmission, it acts as LIKE a clutch in a standard tranny but does not fully lock. The stall pertains to the rpm it will take to make the converter engage the transmission driveline fully. Flash stall would be the max splipage before engagement of the drive line. So for a street factory car your stall speed would be about 1300 -1500 . So when a magazine or summit says 1000 over stall that would be about 2300 -2500 about. The stall can change on variations of torque output(big block small block) A big block will make a 2500 stall torque converter really stall at about 2700 -2800rpm and a lesser small block with less torque output could have that same 2500 stall torque converter stall at 2300 rpm. With out a torque converter your can will not be able to idle in gear. Some race cars with big cam have to have higher stall to deal with the cam over lap and duration at idle or they car will stall out. When filling a transmission you should alway put at least one quart bottle of trannie in the converter and lube the seal and converter pump shaft well too. All important is to make sure the converter pump drive notch fully engages properly to the pump drive. People get this one wrong alot and it will total mesh up a tran instantly. Like the other guy said it does not take much to burn up a converter or other tranny parts. Good luck and hope both of us have shed some light on the subject and i am sure someone knows some more to add. Jim I do rear diffs...lol
