ok, so there are thousands of threads where people ask what is the best tc and which one should i get etc... but heres my question. How do you drive with a tc. i know exactly how they work (several spinning blades with fluid to help the engine and tranny spin at the same speed and all that..), so thats not my question. can you just drive normally and when you decide to go from zero to WOT it just multiplies the low end torque so you get higher speeds faster? if i drive it, do i have to use less throttle if say im pulling on to the highway? or am i completely off and the entire point of a stall is to be able to rev the engine to a higher rpm while holding the brake so you can "launch" better? do they hurt high end torque noticiably? i hear people saying "locked" and "unlocked", where unlocked shows more hp on a dyno.. ugh im confused please help. hopefully this will clear things up for other people too..

 

Maybe this will help. I have a fuddle 3000 stall in my car so I can give you an idea how it drive's.
Yes, you drive it normally. The difference is it take's a bit more pedal to get it moving from a stop. Feel's like the trans is slipping, just a bit. I guess you could say it dosn't feel as "crisp". Where as when I was stock the car would move ahead smartly as soon as I touched the gas, say from 7-800 rpm. With the fuddle I have to bring the rpm's up to around maybe 1600 to 1800 to accelerate at the same pace. The BIG difference is as I continue to depress the pedal the car will begin to lunge ahead. When stock I could almost mash the pedal to the floor, and not have much wheelspin.[2.73 gears]
If I were to do that with the fuddle, the rpm's will flash to 3000 rpm's where the converter will lock-up and will then proceed to melt the tire's without a whole lot of forward movement. I had to re-learn how to launch my car. It made that much of a difference. Even from a 10-15 mph roll the tires will still break loose if I stomp on it.
No, you won't have to use less throttle getting onto the highway.
I don't hold the brake to build rev's against the converter.
What I do for a good launch is stab the pedal about 1/2 way down. The tire's will slip just a bit, then press the pedal to the floor in a controlled manner. It took a few try's to get it down but now that I've got it the only car that's beaten me out the hole so far is an awd eclipse. I've heard that you can expect a little bit of a loss at top end but I can't say as I have yet to run it over 90 yet. I can say that it was pulling just fine at that speed though.
I hope this help's.

 

well as much as i DO NOT like the yank converters, this is the only good write-up that i have found......

http://www.converter.cc/faq/faq.htm

 

any reason you don't like Yank

 

awsome, thanks guys

 

so is a converter a good idea for a street only car? i mean, im sure they create a lot of unwanted stresss on the tranny, is the performance gain worth it?

 

Is it worth it?
Dude, want to know what it's like to ride in a slingshot?
Get the converter!

 

ive been waiting 4 years for a yank converter and STILL undecided on wich to get. At this point, i dont care if after i install the converter the tranny falls out and goes tumbling down the road. Im getting a converter.

 

You won't be disapointed!!

 

Yup, what they all said. Best mod you can do to an A4.

And it is really not that different to drive, may take a day or 2 getting used to the extra slip, but soon it will seem like normal.