If the torque converter slips 5%, isn't that
close to the same as running a final drive ratio
that is 5% lower? Put another way, since I am
sure I was using max HP at my speed, if I had
been running a standard shift, with all other
things unchanged, would my top speed not have
been lower by approximately 5%?
Dick J
--- John Beckett <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
wrote:
> Definitely something you have to factor in when
> running an automatic. And
> race type (high stall) converters slip more
> than stock ones.
>
> JB
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> To: "John Beckett"
> <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>; "Land Speed
> List"
> <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 3:50 PM
> Subject: Torque converter slippage
>
>
> > 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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