2002 Stall Speed

[Ex-5.0]

There's been a lot of talk on this board about what the stock stall speed is and the consensus seems to be that it is 1800 RPM or a little higher on the newer 2000+ cars. Well, the way my car drives, I didn't believe it cuz the RPMs are quite a bit higher even with fairly light throttle.

Now that I have about 2K miles on the car I thought it was safe to do a brake stall test. What I found was that the stall speed is 2400 RPM!

This is at 2500' elevation and 95 degree temp so under ideal conditions it is probably a bit more.

BTW, I checked the tach RPMs vs. speed and believe the factory tach to be accurate.

Considering everything GM has to do to meet EPA and CAFE I think they did pretty good for the stock package.

Does anyone know if the non-Y87 cars have the same torque converter or are they tighter (lower stall speed)?

[DominusEtDeusNatus]

I knew those newer models stalled higher. I had this feeling after seeing alot of low 15s stock. Higher gears make torque converters "feel" tigher even if it's the same exact converter.

[Blue Flame V6]

Ya my old camaro stalled @ 2200 I always thought that that was normal.

[99Camaro99]

my 1999 starts to spin tires (not a tire :D ) at 2400 RPM :( I can't go much further than 2K on a launch.