[Shotimes] retard question: TQ stall?

[Anthony Clerkin]

I put in a new Torque Converter from FPS the stall is now 3200 and it grabs
on almost like another gear.

> WOT, right? Cos that would make sense... I suppose there isn't any way
> to raise the stall point without installing a new TQ, and that would
> just be friggin' butt-loads of money. It's a shame, though, 3Krpm is
> like the very bottom of the torque band....
>
> Jason
>
> Mike wrote:
>
> >Well the explanation was good as far as it went.  But to the question of
> >stall speed:  its a little inaccurate to refer to the stall speed as a
> >function of a given torque converter/tranny.  Its the engine speed at
which
> >the load produced by the torque converter equals the available power of
the
> >engine.  In other words if you jack up your engine power, the stall speed
> >will increase (well thats dependent on the torque curve).  High-po
engines
> >(cars) are usually designed with higher stall speed converters so as to
have
> >the engine more into the torque curve when you floor it at low speeds.
Also
> >as the howstuffworks site mentioned, there is a significant torque
> >multiplication effect at low transmission speeds vs. engine speed, so a
> >higher stall speed works here too.  Jeez, can you tell I used to teach?
> >Don't mean to be pedantic here.........
> >Mike
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message ----- 
> >From: "Ian Fisher" <dataflash@yahoo.com>
> >To: "Jason Hartberger" <jhartberger@mail.com>; "`V6 SHOtimes"
> ><SHOtimes@autox.team.net>
> >Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 1:02 PM
> >Subject: Re: [Shotimes] retard question: TQ stall?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>http://auto.howstuffworks.com/torque-converter.htm
> >>
> >>I didn't see it explained there but that was a good
> >>read!
> >>
> >>There is a FAQ at the end of that writeup that goes
> >>into stall speeds a little bit. IIRC (and I probably
> >>don't), I think it's the point in which you can
> >>overcome the engine's output by standing on the brake
> >>and not letting the car move with your foot on the
> >>gas. However, I've read that this isn't really a tq
> >>convertor stall speed, it's more of a brake stall
> >>speed. I am probably all sorts of backwards though.
> >>Google it if the above link doesn't help out.
> >>
> >>Ian
> >>
> >>--- Jason Hartberger <jhartberger@mail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>As the subject says, this is a retarded question,
> >>>but I've never
> >>>understood it. What the heck preisely is a TQ
> >>>'stall' point? I just read
> >>>on SHOforum (ignore that part, bruce) that the TQ
> >>>stall point on the SHO
> >>>is 2900 rpm. What does that mean? I'm so lost...
> >>>
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