Thread: Teach me......

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What do I apply , and how, when choosing a torque converter? Not needing one now, But have always wondered What the proper way to choose one, is .I understand that day-to-day, street , strip, gears, & motor all are factors . But what is the best way to apply all of them, to come up with what would be best for that application?

Found this inadvertantly while searching for other stuff.

http://www.paeenterprises.com/paeproducts8.html

These "Switch pitch coverters" require some extra hardware to run that you can buy from the same guys. Looks like these things could be allot of fun for that auto trans crowd.

Abe

anybody else want-2 chim-in ????????????/

Still no real answers ? I need some inlightenment on this subject.............anybody?

I called B & M when I needed a converter for my Falcon Delivery.

Their tech guy asked usage, weight, weight bias, trans gearing, rear gear, tire size, idle speed, torque curve, camshaft specs, induction, redline, any towing, trans cooler, driveshaft weight, type of diff, whether driveline was rigid-mounted, flywheel weight, engine balanced.

He asked a lot, and in return I got a converter custom-fit to my application. No mail-order crap, or some guy who doesn't know better saying "a 429 never came in a Falcon, are you sure its not a 289" like at Autozone when I needed plugs.

thats what i do when I need one , just wondering if any body had the knowing-of how to figure-it. Bob or some body had replyed and "I still have the link" but I sent them"TCI" mail as to the same question . was just hoping some one here had that knowledge," Maybe, more then I want to try to fit in my noggin" AND .......... "that last post , was not to be-little any-one that answered ,,this post" I want any help I can get.

If you wanted to check it out? ....http://www.tciauto.com/converters/ they haven't got back to me yet.