Dyno numbers would be interesting for sure.
Don't some converters actually have a mechanical
lock-up? Seems as though that type would be what
we would want for LSR.
Dick J
--- "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
wrote:
> I too believe that the losses in an automatic
> are basically converter
> driven. A torque converter is a torque
> multiplier which uses a stator
> between the drive and driven members to
> redirect the fluid from one
> member to the other accelerating power. As the
> rpms increase and the two
> members speed becomes closer, the stator begins
> to rotate with the drive
> and driven members and torque multiplication
> disappears. The problem is
> that there is always slippage in the converter,
> roughly 400 rpms.
>
> We now have a transmission dyno at Shasta
> College, I will check with the
> instructor and see if he has any light to shed
> on this question.
>
> Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/GCC
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