POOR man's low slip converter?
#1
POOR man's low slip converter?
ignorance is costly so im trying to educate myself. not opposed to buying a $1000 converter for my $600 junkyard engine but i want to make sure its my only option.
right now im at like 30% slippage due to shifting at 5900. i added a cam to get me to about 6800 but also increased the compression a point. now, the stall is higher the engine has so much torque that it goes straight to 5000rpms and 10psi in less than 1 second
does anyone have knowledge of the following and why they would or would not work:
1. stockish, heavy, 12" converter
2. very low stall circle track converter
3. torque converter eliminator(direct drive)
4.other.
thanks
right now im at like 30% slippage due to shifting at 5900. i added a cam to get me to about 6800 but also increased the compression a point. now, the stall is higher the engine has so much torque that it goes straight to 5000rpms and 10psi in less than 1 second
does anyone have knowledge of the following and why they would or would not work:
1. stockish, heavy, 12" converter
2. very low stall circle track converter
3. torque converter eliminator(direct drive)
4.other.
thanks
#4
redneck(now out of business) turbo converter. it ran 6.0 at 114 last year with 14 percent slip at 7400rpms. this year, 6.0 at 114 with 30% slip, 5900 rpms
I went from sae 48?? low viscosity hydraulic fluid(similar to regular auto trans fluid) to now a mix of jd hygard(approx sae 68) and mobil dte heavy sae 100!! hydraulic fluid.
I think the engine responded on the low end just too well to the extra point of compression
#10
pm replied. thanks man. what kind of improvement did you see?
#13
update:
my redneck converter was slipping 32% as stated, at 5900 rpms. I had a hunch that if I raised the rpm, it would tighten up.
so I added a decent cam and made a pass. Even with a best ever mph, the same converter is only slipping 12% at the eighth at 7600 rpms.
my redneck converter was slipping 32% as stated, at 5900 rpms. I had a hunch that if I raised the rpm, it would tighten up.
so I added a decent cam and made a pass. Even with a best ever mph, the same converter is only slipping 12% at the eighth at 7600 rpms.