reccomended stall for hotcam? my gas mileage isnt good anyways so doesnt matter too much lol, ive been told 2800-3000 so far, last tune was 310rwhp, 340rwtq through built auto trans with 2100/2200 stall

 

What is your goal? To, an optimal stall for performance is annoying on the street. That's why I prefer a manny tranny. But you will get best performance from something stalling about 3,500. Lots of noise, heat and poor mileage though.

Rich

 

How do you drive? Conservative? Moderate? Moderately aggressive? Or aggressive? Is the vehicle a daily driver? Or a weekend warrior? What torque converters have you been looking at?

 

mainly street dont have to drive far to work and plan on going to track few times, i just would like to get the rolling getup and go down real nice, and best quarter times as well my torque peaks about 3500ish and thats where hp meets about

 

Sounds like a 2,800 rpm stall. A good 9.5" torque converter here will work well. "DO NOT" use a reworked 12" TC.

 

whats the difference?

 

The 12" torque converter becomes inefficient once it goes over apx. 2,150 rpm in stall. This is GM tops rated stall speed for the 12" torque converter. With the 9.5" torque converter the efficiency is very good at 2,400 - 2,800 rpm. Once you go past 2,150 rpm stall in a 12" torque converter, torque multiplication starts to go down, heat starts to go up, the torque converter starts to become slippery, as the stall goes higher. The lighter weight of the 9.5" torque converter (apx. 15 -17 lbs less than the 12") is much easier on the transmission and rear end, which is a plus.