Techinspector:
Thank you for the feedback. I have thought about trading my 1.6 Scorpion rockers for some 1.5's just to simmer down the wear on valve train components. Maybe someone here has an interest to trade. I just dont want to trade new for used. In the past few years of the gathering of parts and such I have read a bit on the wear aspect (after I bought them of corse...). Prior I was all about the free horsepower.

You are spot on for torque converter selection as my research from Coan, Yank and TCI. Ok, here is my dillema. One of the use conditions in my rig is downhill slow speed. I have been in situations were braking is not really ideal. Rather idle down in gear. My fear is that a converter more than a few hundred RPM over stock will suck. In addition some obsticles up hill would be best navigated with the same type of low stall converter. My thought is that if the dyno numbers are close enough to make power at the lower rpm I could sacrifice the ideal stall speed for a lower stall.

DO you think this engine would make reasonable power down low to justify the lower stall. Note I have the th350 built with a Transgo kit to hold 1st and 2nd while full auto in 3rd.