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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