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Torque converter slippage

To: John Beckett <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>,
Subject: Torque converter slippage
From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 12:50:14 -0800 (PST)
I finally got a chance to pull the rear end out
of my car and open it up.  Now that I know, for
sure, what the gear ratio is (3.79:1), assuming
my tachometer was correct, it appears that I lost
about seven MPH to torque converter slippage. 
Does that sound about right for a GM turbo 400? 

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