Does any body know what K factor is, in regards to torque converters? My torque converter is a custom built piece with a stall of 2800 to 3000, and the guy who built it said it has more K factor than other converters. He tried to explain it to me but I just wasn't absorbing what was coming out of his mouth. The gesst I got was somthing about torque multiplication. Can anybody shed any light on this?

 

It can be a couple of different things

1)
K factor is the second letter on the code on the sticker on a GM converter - it's a GM specific terminology for stall speed of the converter - "lower" letters indicate a higher stall speed.


2)
definted as Work(in)/((T(in))^0.5) - here it effectively represents the limit(hyperbola) of converter absorption in converter phase.


Actually they are effectively the same thing as the K-factor as defined in (2) will effect the actual stall speed of the converter.

No reason you really need to worry about it unless you are trying to make your own converter. More helpfull would be knowing the stall speed, effeciency, and perhaps STR.


Chris

 

WOW!!!!! That is some really deep $**t. I almost had to shake my head a couple of times, just to see if I was reading that correctly.