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Updated Torque converter program!!

Discussion in 'Tri Shield Performance' started by Jim Weise, Feb 7, 2014.

  1. Ken Mild

    Ken Mild King of 18 Year Resto's

    Can you describe what you mean by "flare" and what that feels like when passing? One of these converters is in my future but I also need to know if out of the box, it will work with my 245-60-14 tires and 3:08 gears. I think in the past Jim said it would be fine for my combo which is basically stock with fairly heavily Gessler ported heads and M/T SS Headers. Finally got the posi installed so that's behind me..
     
  2. LARRY70GS

    LARRY70GS a.k.a. "THE WIZARD" Staff Member

    I mean the converter stalls higher the more power you put to it. That is what you want. It gets the engine up into it's power band faster. Look at Jim's post #19 in this thread. The Gear Vendors numerically lowers my effective gear ratio. The converter will stall higher with numerically lower gears.

    Why do you feel the need to change your converter?
     
  3. Ken Mild

    Ken Mild King of 18 Year Resto's

    I am looking for a little more off the line grunt. The thing is, with my smaller wheels/tires, the 3:08s are perfect at most cruising speeds and off the line the car does hook much better now with the posi, so I figured a converter what the next logical step to improve zero to 60 times, short of changing my gears which I opted not to do when they had the whole rear end blown apart. I just didn;t think I'd be happy with a higher cruising rpm. The car is really in its power band at cruising speed now, if I upped it to 3:55 I was afraid I'd be unhappy with the trade off. I'm using the same stock converter that came with the car in 1969. Surely one of Jim's converters would wake up the zero to 60 acceleration no?
     
  4. LARRY70GS

    LARRY70GS a.k.a. "THE WIZARD" Staff Member

    I don't think you need a converter change. I would leave it alone. Sounds like you are trying to fix something that isn't broken. Does it spin the tires from a dead stop?
     
  5. Ken Mild

    Ken Mild King of 18 Year Resto's

    Unless I slightly feather in the gas yes, it will blow them loose.
     
  6. LARRY70GS

    LARRY70GS a.k.a. "THE WIZARD" Staff Member

    Then your converter is doing it's job. One of Jim's converters will make things worse unless you intend to drive around on Drag radials.
     
  7. Ken Mild

    Ken Mild King of 18 Year Resto's

    Gotchya. I understand now. I was thinking post hookage, if the acceleration would be any quicker. But the lack of traction would make that a moot point. Yeah drag radials are not on the horizen.
     
  8. Opa

    Opa Torque/a 8 piston figure


    Tnx Jim
     

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