How much stall is too much stall for "long-distance" driving?

mine cost 50 bucks and it a monte ss one with 50k on it hes only running a 350 hes not putting much more power out than the 9c1s that where backed by the 200 of the same body style

 

look into what the police cruiser caprices had that year they had the 200-4r or 700r4 depending on the year and a pretty decent small block you could do an od and make it last real easy

 

What you really need to do is figure out where you car starts to build power in the rpm range. then get a stall 200-300rpm above that and that would be "ideal". so put your car in gear and see where it likes to pick up and go without flooring it. The chart that guy had out of the summit catalog is a great reference. most performance cams dont make much power below 1500rpm. Of course this is just a guidline in general.

As far as what everone says above torque converters still multiplying torque below there stall, that is correct. Just keep in mind when you drive below the stall and ease the gas all the time your converter will not last as long as you would like. Its like slamming on your brakes everyday and asking them to last you another 100k miles.

 

For long distance driving, you want as tight of a converter as possible. For racing, you want to loosen way up (provided you have the traction for it).

Sounds like you're going to compromise somewhere, personally I would err on the side of being conservative (i.e. low stall speed) but that just doesn't sound very manly (many people have trouble thinking outside the 1/4 mile).

-Bob C.