Torque converters

[Skullcamaro]

Anybody know of any good torque converters for the 4L60E trans. Also what is involved in the installation and approximately how much would it cost.

[nino]

go to converters.com. i think it is the vigilante for our cars. costly though.
i am having one custom made fom a transmission shop for $298 and they are charging $195 to put it in.

[Wolfy]

Ok, I really want to get a new torque converter for my car, cuz im gonna have the trans go kit put in as well as the vette servo, so I want to get a new converter while im at it, so I want to get one as cheep as possible, and i want to know what stall speed i should get and with a highter stall speed, would that take away from my drivabilitly on the highway?

[Bill Spano]

Nino,

You will see NO performance improvement from a $298 conveter from a local shop. I hope you have not already paid for this work.

Wolfy,

I would pick up between a 2800 and 3000 stall converter from Precission or Yank. Your MPG will drop but the car will still be streeable.

Remember you get what you pay for. Expect to pay about $700.00 fo a decent stall converter.

Bill Spano

BAD 2000 WS6 12.394@109.43, best 60ft 1.676 (spinning), 325 RWHP, 343.4 RWTQ
http://www.mycar.net/mafb/registry/detail.cfm?id=332

V6 Revenge 13.967@90.42 60ft 1.779
http://www.mycar.net/mafb/registry/detail.cfm?id=257

[ February 02, 2002: Message edited by: Bill Spano ]</p>

[nino]

bill, i trust your word 100 %.
maybe what i have done wont last long, but it has worked. i do believe you get what you pay for, but for some reason i still went with this transmission and gear shop. maybe it was impatience
its been on for a few months and has not failed yet. it also shaved .5 off my ET. it also caused me to buy lower control arms, track bar, and now drag radials.
its funny that i forgot about this post and when i read his wanting to buy one cheap, i was going to respond you never want to buy a cheap (there is no such thing) torque converter.

[Dominic]

Might I ask - How badly does the mpg drop with a new converter? I thought since it has a higher efficiency and still locks up that fuel economy wouldn't change?!

[Wolfy]

Thanks Bill Spano, I appresiate the help, I will start to save up for one of those, because I definitly want to do it right. And yes that is definitly true you do get what you pay for!!!

[DominusEtDeusNatus]

If I was getting one, I'd get a 3600 stall. Guys from MFBA drive with 4500 stall on the street and it's fine. Well, if you don't care about much about 1/4 gain, I'd get lower. You want it to stall just under peak torque and we all know V6 has no torque down low to begin with. Install isn't that hard to do yourself. Shop would charge $200-$250. There is this thing called a "lock up switch" one can get installed.

[Dominic]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Dom:
You want it to stall just under peak torque and we all know V6 has no torque down low to begin with. <hr></blockquote>

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You are mad crazy. The v6 has over 200ftlbs @ 1,000RPM all the way to 4800RPM. Hence why it'll liquify the tires with only 200hp.

[DominusEtDeusNatus]

So the torque peak is at 1000rpm according to you?

[ February 03, 2002: Message edited by: Dom ]</p>

[Dominic]

Peak? no, peak is ~4800RPM. But I don't call it much of a peak.

The torque is between 200-225ftlbs from 1,000-5,000RPM... Thats like calling a pebble on a flat road a PEAK.

[DominusEtDeusNatus]

So it's almost all the same power then from 1,000 to 5,000. Would you say a 1,000 stall would be the best then? Why waste all that power under 3,000, right?

[Jason3.4L]

DOM A lock up switch allows the converter to lock up in any gear right?

[Blk Bird]

i would go YANK all the way. i just bought a super thruster 3500 (which is supposed to perform as a 3200 in our 6s, as the owner of Yank told me, and he comes VERY highly recommended)... i'll let you all know how it comes out when i get it installed. w/ install and everything, it'll cost around $1000, but well worth it for a good converter. you might need nittos when you're done too... i know i will!
hope this helps.

neil O.

[mike malloy]

check the forsale section i have a converter forsale