oldscsc Posted September 20, 2008 Report Share Posted September 20, 2008 My torque converter locks up (overdrive) at 47 MPH. I was wondering 1) how to go about lowering that speed and 2) what are the disadvantages? Most of my driving is either at 55 MPH (locked) or 40 (unlocked, revving higher than at 55 MPH). Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy K Posted September 20, 2008 Report Share Posted September 20, 2008 disadvantage is that the tcc clutch is too weak to take too much abuse. that might burn it out. I've long thought that a lower stall converter would improve efficency, at a slight cost to performance. The 95 ciera has a 1650 stall converter vs the w-body typical converter of around 2050. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldscsc Posted September 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2008 Well, I don't want to burn up the clutch so that won't be happening any time soon. Thanks for the info Crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Fury Posted September 20, 2008 Report Share Posted September 20, 2008 disadvantage is that the tcc clutch is too weak to take too much abuse. that might burn it out. I've long thought that a lower stall converter would improve efficency, at a slight cost to performance. The 95 ciera has a 1650 stall converter vs the w-body typical converter of around 2050. FTW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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