Chuck,
Man, you really picked a touchy subject. You know, it always seems that
the more unknown or mysterious a subject is, the more people are adement
that their idea is the only one that works!
I would tell you to always design a component for the use you will be
giving it.
I had a high stall converter in my 65 Chevy when I was in High school
mainly because it made the car sound really weird and the chicks loved it!
Maybe a school bus or a dump truck would perform better with a low stall
donut.
There are many reems of paper written about torque converters but if I were
left to my own ideas for our motorhome, I would have to say a new well
built stock spec unit seems to do a good job.
Nelson & I put about 4K miles on the dumpster hitting the baloon rally and
hod no real shortcomings on the trip concerning the performance of the
drive train. Oh sur, she was a bit of a pig @ 40 mph getting on the ramps,
but off the line was acceptable and the thing turned into a road rocket
between 65 & 85. The thing has an origional mill & tranny in it with 74K
miles.
Nates coach got a new stock converter hooked up to the Caspro motor & it
transfered the power quite nicely.
Looking for bang for the buck, I would concern yourself with engine
enhansements or the diff. & chain set up Chuck has if you really want to
dominate those on ramps.
Jim Bounds
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>Good Evening all:
>
>Going to replace transmission this winter, winter being next month, and
>listening and looking has gotten me more questions than answers. Think I
>have found the right person to build the transmission, KC transmissions in
>White South Dakota, he has built an number of transmissions for our GMCs and
>many of the Greater Midwest Classics members have them. Excellent
>workmanship. He uses an Allison torque converter, very successfully, others
>Chuck Stoddard of Caspro, and Dick Paterson, both incredibly knowledgeable
>individuals specificly state in their literature or web site that their
>torque converter is not an "Allison" as the stall speed is too low for
>optimum performance. Can anyone shed any light as to why one should use or
>not use the Allison and what the "correct" stall speed should be for our
>application and motor.
>
>Thanks
>
>Chuck D
>78 Royale
>Stillwater Mn.
>
>
Man, you really picked a touchy subject. You know, it always seems that
the more unknown or mysterious a subject is, the more people are adement
that their idea is the only one that works!
I would tell you to always design a component for the use you will be
giving it.
I had a high stall converter in my 65 Chevy when I was in High school
mainly because it made the car sound really weird and the chicks loved it!
Maybe a school bus or a dump truck would perform better with a low stall
donut.
There are many reems of paper written about torque converters but if I were
left to my own ideas for our motorhome, I would have to say a new well
built stock spec unit seems to do a good job.
Nelson & I put about 4K miles on the dumpster hitting the baloon rally and
hod no real shortcomings on the trip concerning the performance of the
drive train. Oh sur, she was a bit of a pig @ 40 mph getting on the ramps,
but off the line was acceptable and the thing turned into a road rocket
between 65 & 85. The thing has an origional mill & tranny in it with 74K
miles.
Nates coach got a new stock converter hooked up to the Caspro motor & it
transfered the power quite nicely.
Looking for bang for the buck, I would concern yourself with engine
enhansements or the diff. & chain set up Chuck has if you really want to
dominate those on ramps.
Jim Bounds
- --------------------------------------------
>Good Evening all:
>
>Going to replace transmission this winter, winter being next month, and
>listening and looking has gotten me more questions than answers. Think I
>have found the right person to build the transmission, KC transmissions in
>White South Dakota, he has built an number of transmissions for our GMCs and
>many of the Greater Midwest Classics members have them. Excellent
>workmanship. He uses an Allison torque converter, very successfully, others
>Chuck Stoddard of Caspro, and Dick Paterson, both incredibly knowledgeable
>individuals specificly state in their literature or web site that their
>torque converter is not an "Allison" as the stall speed is too low for
>optimum performance. Can anyone shed any light as to why one should use or
>not use the Allison and what the "correct" stall speed should be for our
>application and motor.
>
>Thanks
>
>Chuck D
>78 Royale
>Stillwater Mn.
>
>
