[Shotimes] retard question: TQ stall?

[Ian Fisher]

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...
> 
> -- 
> Jason Hartberger, AT2(AW) USN
> USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71
> AIMD/IM-3 CASS
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