Originally Posted By dvw
What's the rpm at the stripe compared to before? Converter is looser and possibly less efficient up top. If the high gear clutch is slipping enough to kill that much mph it would be toast pretty quick

Doug



A detail i forgot that might be important. I shifted this thing at 6,000 or 6100 ish all last year with the 4500 convertor.
As this convertor is looser, i shifted it at 6500 last night to try and open up the spread some.
It trapped last night right at 6500 on the last pass( frankly the only pass i watched it closely)
Thats about 200 rpm higher than i am used to seeing with the old tranny/ convertor.


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