gd1996

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If you have a 3000 stall and your crusing at 2500 I would think the converter would be slipping and building up heat... its made to fully lock at the 3krpm. I'm not converter expert, so I maybe way off. But I would prefer at least 3.23s with 3k plus stall

JL ws-6

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With 2.75's, the car will have a LONG first gear.... If you're gonna go with that for gearing, a converter that's a little on the looser side would be a better deal. it will stall up higher, but once cruising and the load on the car isn't that heavy, the converter should be more in a locked up like state, and it shoudln't go strait to the stall speed to keep you moving.

Zombie

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[QUOTE=JL ws-6]What you are saying is a little disturbing to me... [QUOTE]

I'm really sorry, I saw your quote and realized I had a typo, 3500 rpms with 25.6" tall tires is 75 MPH , not 65. 65 MPH is 3000 rpms with 3.5's

Sorry to confuse you.

Zombie

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My stall is probably less than 3000 rpms. If I was N/A I would guess it would be in the area of 2600-2800. The converter is really tight and is an absolute blast to drive, but since I'm turbo the normal converter selection guidelines don't apply to me.

The converter is so tight that I can cruise at 45 mph at 1500 rpms and still accellerate to pass traffic by bringing the rpms up to 2000. Yet I can still stall to 4000 rpms on the trans brake at 10psi and 3500 at 5psi. Flashes to 4500 at 15psi in 3rd gear from a 45 mph roll.

Zombie

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1st gear is long and it's awesome, works way better than I imagined it would. Car can build boost off the foot brake 5 psi, but I've never been on a well prepped track so the most i've ever been able to launch off of without spinning was 2psi.

Cruising below the stall speed hasn't been an issue for me and really shouldn't be for most people since the converter is at light load.

Here are my gear splits incase anyone wonders, I shift at 6500 rpms.

1st-2nd is at 70 mph
2nd-3rd is at 120 mph

JL ws-6

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Thanks zombie, you were getting me a littl worried there. I'm on a 4.10 gear and I know teh rpm is gonna be up there, but I'm also on a mission to get into the 10's on motor on pump gas with a relativly heavy car. I was figuring on a 100 rpm slippage at highway speeds, putting me at about 3600 at 65... but I don't mind running at 55 on the highway, as it's very limited for me anyway.. it's not a daily driver car, and when I'm in it, I'm in no rush, unless I can see a scoreboard and a tree

The 75 mph sounds more like it. And your 2.75's probably work great with a turbo car, building boost in first gear must be great... probably almost like running a glide (which is what I personally would put in a car that had a turbo setup, to help offset the turbo weight, and for the long *** first gear, to aid in getting traction sooner)

Zombie

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I don't think a glide would be good in my application, I'm a full weight street car and only see the track occasionally. I'll sacrifice .5 in ET at the track for good street manners. For me it's more about enjoying my car vs getting the best numbers I can.

more weight just means you need more power ... Turns up the boost conroller

JL ws-6

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I hear ya.... My junk's heavy too.


But in my case... it's gonna be up the jetting a notch... after I get a 10 second pass on motor on pump gas