Well Just sent off converter to TCI for stall adjustment to try and break 10's natural in street trim.
Current converter is 3-3500 street fighter.
Anyone using a higher stall on street? How bad is it?

Thanks for help.

 

i got a ati convertor w/5000 stall don't do to much driving on the street but it's really not that bad. but my car is mostly a track car.

 

Is this a 10" or 8" convertor from TCI? Our truck in the sig. was running a 8" TCI rated at 4600 stall. It made all of 24 passes then sent the internals flowing through the tranny, another $1000 later with a 8"BTE soft hit and now the 60' and 1/4 times are only .006 off at the most from morning till night and has'nt given any signs of problems yet. I've personally never heard the name TCI and race convertor together from anybody at the track who running very good/serious, it's either been ATI or BTE, and after this $2 grand in 2 trannies/convertors in less than 2 months I think I'm sold on never running a TCI in my personal car.

 

My converter is a JW full race 8" converter. It's designed for NOS or transbrake operation. It stalls at 5700 rpm but is never street driven.

The only problems with using a high stall converter on the street is the amount of heat it will generate because it slips so much at lower rpms and because it will allow the engine to come up quicker to a higher rpm, greatly reduced fuel economy.

Install a huge tranny oil cooler with a temperature gauge to monitor the tranny oil temp and probably a fan for the tranny cooler and spend lots of money for gas. Don't let the temperature stay above 250* for very long.

 

Yeah I am Quite aware of the heat, Thank you though.
Just wondering how they are for driving.
Thanks for all replies.