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Ya I'd be willing to spend some cash on a better torque converter. What changes when you upgrade the stall converter to a higher rpm? I've never really been able to understand what happens.




Basically when you're at a stop, a higher stall torq converter will allow the engine to flash stall to a higher rpm when you nail the throttle. So if before when you nailed the throttle from a stop, the rpm might jump up to 2000 before torq starts to move the rear tires. A higher stall converter will allow it to jump to a higher rpm and get the engine into it's power band. Higher stall converter = more torq multiplication = harder bottom end launch. A cammed smogger can be a lil soft in the bottom so a converter really helps cover this.

Reason I ask about tires is overall tire diameter affect the final ratio just like the rear gearing does.