What MPH should I lock up converter??? Please help.
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What MPH should I lock up converter??? Please help. What Mph are you big cam guys locking your converter at? I think mine is still at the stock lock up and it when it does lock up it seems way out of its powerband. Can I get a few sugestions of what MPH to lock it up at. I have a appt tomorrow to adjust via LS1 Edit.
By the way I have a Vig 3600.
Thanks
Gil
By the way I have a Vig 3600.
Thanks
Gil
Re: What MPH should I lock up converter??? Please help. It's not a question of what mph to lock-up, but more of what rpm to lock-up. You should lockup once you get above 5500 rpms in 3rd gear. This will drop your rpms to around 5000, but your rwhp will still be better locked up at 5000 than unlocked at 5500 (with the Vig 3600 anyway).
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2013 Corvette Grand Sport A6 LME forged 416, Greg Good ported TFS 255 LS3 heads, 222/242 .629"/.604" 121LSA Pat G blower cam, ARH 1 7/8" headers, ESC Novi 1500 Supercharger w/8 rib direct drive conversion, 747rwhp/709rwtq on 93 octane, 801rwhp/735rwtq on race fuel, 10.1 @ 147.25mph 1/4 mile, 174.7mph Half Mile.
2016 Corvette Z51 M7 Magnuson Heartbeat 2300 supercharger, TSP LT headers, Pat G tuned, 667rwhp, 662rwtq, 191mph TX Mile.
2009.5 Pontiac G8 GT 6.0L, A6, AFR 230v2 heads. 506rwhp/442rwtq. 11.413 @ 121.29mph 1/4 mile, 168.7mph TX Mile
2000 Pewter Ram Air Trans Am M6 heads/cam 508 rwhp/445 rwtq SAE, 183.092 TX Mile
2022 Cadillac Escalade 6.2L A10 S&B CAI, Corsa catback.
2023 Corvette 3LT Z51 soon to be modified.
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Re: What MPH should I lock up converter??? Please help. do you mean when driving around or when racing? i think pat is referring to racing but i have a question about that. why not lock it up at the beginning of second gear? unless you have a huge stall you probably wont be under your stall rate when you hit second and you will have the extra horsepower of a locked converter.
Re: What MPH should I lock up converter??? Please help. For daily driving with 3.73 gears, you should lock up the converter at about 35 mph in OD.
Also, you wouldn't want to lock-up in 2nd gear unless you could unlock for the 2-3 gear shift. You want to use the torque multiplicaton and shift extension of the converter after the shift. If the converter was locked up, the rpms would drop to around 3500 rpms on the shift vs.around 4800-5000 with the Vig 3600.
Also, you wouldn't want to lock-up in 2nd gear unless you could unlock for the 2-3 gear shift. You want to use the torque multiplicaton and shift extension of the converter after the shift. If the converter was locked up, the rpms would drop to around 3500 rpms on the shift vs.around 4800-5000 with the Vig 3600.
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2013 Corvette Grand Sport A6 LME forged 416, Greg Good ported TFS 255 LS3 heads, 222/242 .629"/.604" 121LSA Pat G blower cam, ARH 1 7/8" headers, ESC Novi 1500 Supercharger w/8 rib direct drive conversion, 747rwhp/709rwtq on 93 octane, 801rwhp/735rwtq on race fuel, 10.1 @ 147.25mph 1/4 mile, 174.7mph Half Mile.
2016 Corvette Z51 M7 Magnuson Heartbeat 2300 supercharger, TSP LT headers, Pat G tuned, 667rwhp, 662rwtq, 191mph TX Mile.
2009.5 Pontiac G8 GT 6.0L, A6, AFR 230v2 heads. 506rwhp/442rwtq. 11.413 @ 121.29mph 1/4 mile, 168.7mph TX Mile
2000 Pewter Ram Air Trans Am M6 heads/cam 508 rwhp/445 rwtq SAE, 183.092 TX Mile
2022 Cadillac Escalade 6.2L A10 S&B CAI, Corsa catback.
2023 Corvette 3LT Z51 soon to be modified.
Custom LSX tuning in person or via email press here.
2013 Corvette Grand Sport A6 LME forged 416, Greg Good ported TFS 255 LS3 heads, 222/242 .629"/.604" 121LSA Pat G blower cam, ARH 1 7/8" headers, ESC Novi 1500 Supercharger w/8 rib direct drive conversion, 747rwhp/709rwtq on 93 octane, 801rwhp/735rwtq on race fuel, 10.1 @ 147.25mph 1/4 mile, 174.7mph Half Mile.
2016 Corvette Z51 M7 Magnuson Heartbeat 2300 supercharger, TSP LT headers, Pat G tuned, 667rwhp, 662rwtq, 191mph TX Mile.
2009.5 Pontiac G8 GT 6.0L, A6, AFR 230v2 heads. 506rwhp/442rwtq. 11.413 @ 121.29mph 1/4 mile, 168.7mph TX Mile
2000 Pewter Ram Air Trans Am M6 heads/cam 508 rwhp/445 rwtq SAE, 183.092 TX Mile
2022 Cadillac Escalade 6.2L A10 S&B CAI, Corsa catback.
2023 Corvette 3LT Z51 soon to be modified.
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Re: What MPH should I lock up converter??? Please help. Yes, Edit can do that.
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2013 Corvette Grand Sport A6 LME forged 416, Greg Good ported TFS 255 LS3 heads, 222/242 .629"/.604" 121LSA Pat G blower cam, ARH 1 7/8" headers, ESC Novi 1500 Supercharger w/8 rib direct drive conversion, 747rwhp/709rwtq on 93 octane, 801rwhp/735rwtq on race fuel, 10.1 @ 147.25mph 1/4 mile, 174.7mph Half Mile.
2016 Corvette Z51 M7 Magnuson Heartbeat 2300 supercharger, TSP LT headers, Pat G tuned, 667rwhp, 662rwtq, 191mph TX Mile.
2009.5 Pontiac G8 GT 6.0L, A6, AFR 230v2 heads. 506rwhp/442rwtq. 11.413 @ 121.29mph 1/4 mile, 168.7mph TX Mile
2000 Pewter Ram Air Trans Am M6 heads/cam 508 rwhp/445 rwtq SAE, 183.092 TX Mile
2022 Cadillac Escalade 6.2L A10 S&B CAI, Corsa catback.
2023 Corvette 3LT Z51 soon to be modified.
Custom LSX tuning in person or via email press here.
2013 Corvette Grand Sport A6 LME forged 416, Greg Good ported TFS 255 LS3 heads, 222/242 .629"/.604" 121LSA Pat G blower cam, ARH 1 7/8" headers, ESC Novi 1500 Supercharger w/8 rib direct drive conversion, 747rwhp/709rwtq on 93 octane, 801rwhp/735rwtq on race fuel, 10.1 @ 147.25mph 1/4 mile, 174.7mph Half Mile.
2016 Corvette Z51 M7 Magnuson Heartbeat 2300 supercharger, TSP LT headers, Pat G tuned, 667rwhp, 662rwtq, 191mph TX Mile.
2009.5 Pontiac G8 GT 6.0L, A6, AFR 230v2 heads. 506rwhp/442rwtq. 11.413 @ 121.29mph 1/4 mile, 168.7mph TX Mile
2000 Pewter Ram Air Trans Am M6 heads/cam 508 rwhp/445 rwtq SAE, 183.092 TX Mile
2022 Cadillac Escalade 6.2L A10 S&B CAI, Corsa catback.
2023 Corvette 3LT Z51 soon to be modified.
Custom LSX tuning in person or via email press here.
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Teching In
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From: Australia
Re: What MPH should I lock up converter??? Please help. Dont lock up at all! Im about to try a 3000rpm & 3.73 gears with no lockup plate. You can disable the lockup and trans slip codes in edit. Generally I have always hated the converter lockup - it always wants to lockup when you dont want it to. I am willing to forgo some fuel economy to get rid of the annoying lockup.
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Re: What MPH should I lock up converter??? Please help. Sometimes I like my converter to lock up right away in my car. I have a pretty loose converter so the early lockup helps me get moving sometimes without riding the converter like crazy.
Jordan
Jordan
Re: What MPH should I lock up converter??? Please help. The trick is to raise your shift points a bit if you don't want the car to be too sluggish yet be locked up. I don't upshift to OD until 40 mph and then let it lock-up. In 3rd I lock up around 33 mph.
BTW, I probably would not lock up a H&C car at 5500 unless your converter efficency is horrible. You're still climbing in HP. Closer to 6000 you flatten out and so if you fall back to 5500 it is not such a loss.
BTW, I probably would not lock up a H&C car at 5500 unless your converter efficency is horrible. You're still climbing in HP. Closer to 6000 you flatten out and so if you fall back to 5500 it is not such a loss.
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Re: What MPH should I lock up converter??? Please help.
lol. its kind of hard to tell over the internet if someone is joking or not... i hope you are
