Ideas?

August 20, 2020, 10:08 AM

ski_dwn_it

quote:
Originally posted by Footloose:
Thats sad you start going good rounds then this crap starts. After you fix it they gonna be visiting the buy back windows.

Drivers are picking up the parts as of today - will have it back together tonight and be racing tomorrow night for some testing and redialing in of items....then points Saturday.

Logging, and other items I will look into.

Appeciate the help.

The converter was from 2004! It probably only had about 3500 passes on it. Carl has checked it before and when I asked him about freshening he always said dont fix what isnt broken - the converter also was SUPER consistent and slip % were unheard of...so I was always afraid to touch it.
Guess I cant complain - unfortunately it took out the trans in the process.

I upgraded to ringless shaft and some other billet stuff while Carl had it apart to support the new motor. Snowball effect.

August 20, 2020, 11:03 AM

CURTIS REED

quote:
Originally posted by ski_dwn_it:
quote:
Originally posted by Footloose:
Thats sad you start going good rounds then this crap starts. After you fix it they gonna be visiting the buy back windows.

Drivers are picking up the parts as of today - will have it back together tonight and be racing tomorrow night for some testing and redialing in of items....then points Saturday.

Logging, and other items I will look into.

Appeciate the help.

The converter was from 2004! It probably only had about 3500 passes on it. Carl has checked it before and when I asked him about freshening he always said dont fix what isnt broken - the converter also was SUPER consistent and slip % were unheard of...so I was always afraid to touch it.
Guess I cant complain - unfortunately it took out the trans in the process.

I upgraded to ringless shaft and some other billet stuff while Carl had it apart to support the new motor. Snowball effect.

Don't forget to flush your cooler. If you mentioned that I missed it.

August 20, 2020, 02:04 PM

ski_dwn_it

Yep. Just ripped all the lines and cooler out to do exactly that. Fun fun

August 22, 2020, 09:07 AM

Mike Rietow

Cool, I bet it runs better. Torque converter technology has come a long way since 2004, spragless I'm sure.

If you're going ringless input that means you're gonna need a pump too. Although if your pump looks good they'll incorporate a T400 stator tube in it, in order to make it happen.

Keep us posted Good Luck!

August 25, 2020, 02:59 PM

ski_dwn_it

Car gained a bunch of MPH. Usually around 152-153.

About fell over when it went 159 first run. KNew it was flying because it tripped the rev limiter.

Made some small adjustments and it went 158.XX and repeated well.

Not bad for a car that weighs 3330lbs

Not bad for a car that weighs

dont mind the lights - I was playing with just-in-time

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August 25, 2020, 03:05 PM

Mike Rietow

quote:
Originally posted by ski_dwn_it:
Car gained a bunch of MPH. Usually around 152-153.

About fell over when it went 159 first run. KNew it was flying because it tripped the rev limiter.

Made some small adjustments and it went 158.XX and repeated well.

Not bad for a car that weighs 3330lbs

Not bad for a car that weighs

How much quicker to the 60ft?

August 25, 2020, 03:09 PM

ski_dwn_it

quote:
Originally posted by Mike Rietow:
quote:
Originally posted by ski_dwn_it:
Car gained a bunch of MPH. Usually around 152-153.

About fell over when it went 159 first run. KNew it was flying because it tripped the rev limiter.

Made some small adjustments and it went 158.XX and repeated well.

Not bad for a car that weighs 3330lbs

Not bad for a car that weighs

How much quicker to the 60ft?

On the average - none