well i was talking to a guy with a 78 camero and it was awsome but he said that it had an automatic transmission but it performed kinda like a manual becasue he has a stall converter. He briefly explained it to me but im still confused ........ help?
High stall converters tend to slip below their intended stall RPM which kinda sorta feels like a loose clutch at normal takeoffs from a stop.When you stomp on it though the converter flashes up to its intended lock up point(stall speed) at which point its like dropping the clutch at 4 grand and getting pinned in the seat.Hope that helps you.
not practical but ALOT of fun! mine has a 3000 stall converter in it and when i rev to appx 2800 and drop the brake it launches hard. even with a factory rear end. can't wait to get my 355 posi unit in.
I believe the factory was 1400 on the V-8. Keep in mind that the stall converter has to compliment the power range of the engine. A race engine needs to rev higher to get into its power range. If a built engine makes power from 4000 to 8000 rpm, it would be very flat with a stock converter. Likewise if you put a 4500rpm stall on a stock engine, It'ld probably launch good and immediately redline, you would be out of engine very quick. On a stock engine a "saturday night special" 1800-2200 would wake up the performance, and its cheap, but doesnt act too much like a 4-speed. Do you want better performance or to act like a 4 speed?
Yes...I put in a factory stall. Never going to race it....so I didn't really need it. But then again ......I don't drive it everyday....so I could have put a stall in.
is a stall converter the same thing as a torque converter?? It sounds like it is.... and if so I wish I had known that before I bolted my factory one to the back of my 250.....
They are both the same thing.Preformance converters "stall" at a higher RPM than stock.There are other differences as well between stock and performance but basically yeah,same thing.
higher-stall torque converter Another variable in the rpm rating on a converter is the vehicle weight. A heavier car will make the same converter slip up to a higher rpm than a lighter car. I have a B&M Holeshot in mine that is rated at 2400 rpm, but realistically it is likely that it only flashes up to 2000/2100 in a car as light as ours. I like it for street driving. Much more would probably start to be annoying, and it really needs to be matched to the motor, as was pointed out above. Keep in mind that these put more heat into the tranny, especially at cruising speed where the rpms are still down around the stall speed. There is a bit more slipping happening. A good transmission cooler is a must.
