What stall converter for street use?
01-03-2010, 09:06 PM
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What stall converter for street use? Well this is the first auto car I own and will be putting the LE2 H/C and poerted intake and that is where the mods are probably gonna stop so like 400RWHP is probably what it going to end up beign. now what TC is the best for 100% street use? mostly highway. it will have 3.73's and would like it to be streetable, what stall and what companies do you recomend, and more importantly what will the TC do for the car? Thanks in advance.
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01-03-2010, 09:32 PM
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So what exactly does a torque converter do to the car? how will it feel compared to a stock one? what do you mean by "lock up"? I have NO IDEA what a TC does.
01-03-2010, 09:36 PM
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DONT forget to get an auxilary tranny cooler.
01-03-2010, 09:57 PM
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Yank SS3600. www.converter.cc
I've owned and driven lots of converter combos, including almost every major brand discussed on this forum. Nothing else will be as good as the SS3600 for what you're asking.
It's a very efficient converter, so you won't need an auxiliary cooler, especially with primarily highway driving.
I've owned and driven lots of converter combos, including almost every major brand discussed on this forum. Nothing else will be as good as the SS3600 for what you're asking.
It's a very efficient converter, so you won't need an auxiliary cooler, especially with primarily highway driving.
01-03-2010, 10:18 PM
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Yank SS3600. www.converter.cc
I've owned and driven lots of converter combos, including almost every major brand discussed on this forum. Nothing else will be as good as the SS3600 for what you're asking.
It's a very efficient converter, so you won't need an auxiliary cooler, especially with primarily highway driving.
I've owned and driven lots of converter combos, including almost every major brand discussed on this forum. Nothing else will be as good as the SS3600 for what you're asking.
It's a very efficient converter, so you won't need an auxiliary cooler, especially with primarily highway driving.
As cheap as a cooler is (and as easy as they are to install), IMO, it's ALWAYS a good idea to run one, especially on an automatic.
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01-03-2010, 10:24 PM
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The Yank SS3600 will behave better than the typical 3200 converter for street driving, including the Vig.
01-03-2010, 10:50 PM
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I would add a tranny cooler in my personal opinion. And I would recommend the Yank SS3600 as it is what I have and I love it. Drives stock and when you get on it, it pulls!
01-04-2010, 06:33 AM
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Do you understand how a torque converter works? Properly designed, it's not "slipping". It's the routing of fluid and the relative speeds of the pump and stator that allow the difference in speed between the engine/pump and the tranny input/turbine. Low quality converters shear the fluid and you could call that "slip", and yes, that generates heat. Put a tranny temp gauge with a stock converter and then with the SS3600; you'll see no noticeable difference. In fact, idling in gear with the brakes on, you'll see a higher temp with the stocker because it's trying harder to move the car rather than just recirculating fluid.
01-04-2010, 07:41 AM
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ANY stall converter generates heat around town in a non lockup condition, more stall more heat. The factory puts a cooler in the radiator for a reason.
What does trans temp do at the starting line when you max stall the converter? Trans temp SKYROCKETS, in a damn hurry to. Similar situation driving around town except its heat build up from stoplight to stoplight, it needs a way to shed that heat in the form of a good AUX cooler, use the radiator also.
Why do you put a good cooler on a tow veh? It is working the converter harder pulling a load.
What does trans temp do at the starting line when you max stall the converter? Trans temp SKYROCKETS, in a damn hurry to. Similar situation driving around town except its heat build up from stoplight to stoplight, it needs a way to shed that heat in the form of a good AUX cooler, use the radiator also.
Why do you put a good cooler on a tow veh? It is working the converter harder pulling a load.
01-04-2010, 08:06 AM
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ANY stall converter generates heat around town in a non lockup condition, more stall more heat. The factory puts a cooler in the radiator for a reason.
What does trans temp do at the starting line when you max stall the converter? Trans temp SKYROCKETS, in a damn hurry to. Similar situation driving around town except its heat build up from stoplight to stoplight, it needs a way to shed that heat in the form of a good AUX cooler, use the radiator also.
Why do you put a good cooler on a tow veh? It is working the converter harder pulling a load.
What does trans temp do at the starting line when you max stall the converter? Trans temp SKYROCKETS, in a damn hurry to. Similar situation driving around town except its heat build up from stoplight to stoplight, it needs a way to shed that heat in the form of a good AUX cooler, use the radiator also.
Why do you put a good cooler on a tow veh? It is working the converter harder pulling a load.
01-04-2010, 08:08 AM
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ANY stall converter generates heat around town in a non lockup condition, more stall more heat. The factory puts a cooler in the radiator for a reason.
What does trans temp do at the starting line when you max stall the converter? Trans temp SKYROCKETS, in a damn hurry to. Similar situation driving around town except its heat build up from stoplight to stoplight, it needs a way to shed that heat in the form of a good AUX cooler, use the radiator also.
Why do you put a good cooler on a tow veh? It is working the converter harder pulling a load.
What does trans temp do at the starting line when you max stall the converter? Trans temp SKYROCKETS, in a damn hurry to. Similar situation driving around town except its heat build up from stoplight to stoplight, it needs a way to shed that heat in the form of a good AUX cooler, use the radiator also.
Why do you put a good cooler on a tow veh? It is working the converter harder pulling a load.
Stop thinking of a GOOD QUALITY street converter as something that "slips"! Think of it as more of a reduction gearbox that changes ratio as the input and output vary in speed.
01-04-2010, 08:31 AM
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01-04-2010, 09:55 AM
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You're missing the point. If he's going to brake stall the converter or tow, yes he needs a cooler! And he would need it just the same doing those two things with his stock TC!
Stop thinking of a GOOD QUALITY street converter as something that "slips"! Think of it as more of a reduction gearbox that changes ratio as the input and output vary in speed.
Stop thinking of a GOOD QUALITY street converter as something that "slips"! Think of it as more of a reduction gearbox that changes ratio as the input and output vary in speed.
You put a load on a tow veh and why does the heat buildup in the trans fluid? The converter is moving more fluid. The trans isnt slipping.
Take a F body with a stall converter not locked up and climb a mountain with it, does it build heat? Yep.
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