Someone explain torque converter, stall, to me...
03-25-2010, 08:05 PM
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Someone explain torque converter, stall, to me... Go...
Mainly after reading about everyone's car they get a cam and a stall? Something like stall @ 2800 or 3200. I don't get it, don't see any threads about it either.
Mainly after reading about everyone's car they get a cam and a stall? Something like stall @ 2800 or 3200. I don't get it, don't see any threads about it either.
03-25-2010, 08:57 PM
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It's talking about how much you can rev the engine with it in drive while holding the brakes before it finally starts spinning the tires. Like my stock converter only lets me rev to 1700 before the tires start spinning. A 3000 stall should let you rev all the way to 3000 before the tires will break loose. Hope that helps. Maybe someone else can explain a little better.
03-25-2010, 09:22 PM
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It's talking about how much you can rev the engine with it in drive while holding the brakes before it finally starts spinning the tires. Like my stock converter only lets me rev to 1700 before the tires start spinning. A 3000 stall should let you rev all the way to 3000 before the tires will break loose. Hope that helps. Maybe someone else can explain a little better.
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Cam and stall are often talked about together because they work together when drag racing. The stall is just another name for torque converter, doesn't let power transfer to the wheels until a set RPM. A 3000 stall transfers power to the wheels at 3000 RPM's. The cam's power band is important to consider. Some huge cams are only good from 3500 to 7000 RPM's which is not a lot of low end. If your cams are giving you good power from 2500-6500, then pick a stall OVER 2500. This assures when you come off the line, you will immediately be in your cam's power band.
03-25-2010, 10:42 PM
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there seems to be a lot of mis information in this thread. a stall convertor just changes the point where vortex flow becomes rotary flow. the stall speed is simply where the covertor hits max tq multiplication. the convertor will transfer power to the wheels below the stall speed, it will just multiply the tq less than a convertor with a lower stall speed.
a convertor that raises the stall speed will multiply the tq in that range of RPM. if your cam just starts to come on at 3k rpm, you dont want a 3k stall. you want something that hits max TQ multiplication right in the middle of your power band. general rule of thumb is 1200 below engines max TQ
a convertor that raises the stall speed will multiply the tq in that range of RPM. if your cam just starts to come on at 3k rpm, you dont want a 3k stall. you want something that hits max TQ multiplication right in the middle of your power band. general rule of thumb is 1200 below engines max TQ
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03-29-2010, 08:34 PM
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OOPS! Sorry. Well, it sounded good. I honestly thought thats what that meant. I guess I learned something too. I would not delibrately give false information. Promise. Let the beating begin!!!
