I am planning to purchase a Midwest torque converter. I was wondering will it only help on the launch? Or will it also help on a roll or when you are at 70 and punch it? Any help and information would be greatly apprecaited. Thanks.

 

It helps everywhere that you want to accelerate hard. Especially where you have dead spots with a stock converter. You know, when you floor it and it won't down shift because you're going to fast for a downshift. With a converter the absolute lowest rpm after flooring it will be the flash stall of the converter. Which will be way higher than with stock.

 

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Rich Krause

 

While I don't know exactly how it works, I do know that when I went from a stock converter to a 3500 rpm stall, I could easily feel the difference at any speed. What kind of stall speed are talking here?

 

I am planning to purchase a 2800 stall

Eric

 

Hmm...I went from a stock converter to a 3500, and felt a noticeable difference. Then I went to a 2500 because the 3500 was beginning to have problems and I was having overheating problems at the time. Now I want to go back to a 3500 since I have since figured out the overheating problem, and I originally chose my cam for that stall speed. I need to just stick with one or the other. Lol

 

The converter helps mostly off the line, but it will also improve acceleration a little when you punch it when coasting.

 

I wouldn't expect much from a roll, but at least it won't hurt you over your stock stall IMO.

 

Well then you could be easily caught way off guard. I run the converter in my sig. and it's a total beast from any roll.

 

Ok, then why is it that when people install a torque converter they generally don't gain much if any MPH?? I will stand by what I said, an aftermarket torque converter will not help much from a roll, but it won't hurt you.

 

Before the TC 108mph best. After converter 110.
then added OR y-pipe, SSRA, and skinnies now 111.80
Yank converters are very efficient.

 

The reason that a converter doesnt really help with the MPH is because you are flooring it the whole time. While from a roll, or 70 mph, no matter what you hit higher rpms, either your trans shifts, or if the trans dosnt shift then the converter makes up for the trans not shifting to get you into higher rpms.