I miss all of you guys over here!

[Be4u]

Build, ET/MPH is in my sig.

Your turbo like the heads or does it matter.

[Scoobum]

Build, ET/MPH is in my sig.

Your turbo like the heads or does it matter.

HP is in the heads...but you need a convertor that couples efficiently to get it to the back tires.

[gusszgs]

Everyone will have an opinion on the converter, but here's my 2 cents fwiw


I firmly believe it's worth the coin to pony up for a quality piece. I've had a few over the years, and the difference is night and day. Again, just my opinion. Weather it's a AC, PTC, or a Husek, it has to be for YOUR particular combo. I happen to run a Husek, which I'm quite happy with so far. My combo is stock long block with bolt on mods. It's a LU and fits my needs. I've managed to dig a 1.58 60' out of it and with mph around 117. Nothing earth shattering but not too bad so far on an old school TE60, and I'm sure there's some left in it. I know that's nothing earth shattering, and some much more savvy guys have gone a lot quicker off the stock D5!
 I'm not a full time track guy as I do drive car a lot on the street, so I decided to retain the LU. But like Brad said, maybe if I had ported heads and a roller cam and so on, I may just blow through it. It's not a mulitdisk , so I DO NOT lock it and will not. I just T&T, so really no point and I'll just burn up the single disk anyway.


Guess my point is, tailor the converter to your combo and goals but don't scrimp on the cost.

[phil_long]

That's all excellent advice gentlemen! I've been texting back and forth with Aaron(Royal T limited) and he's running the Revolution X(l/u) TC from Fullthrottle. In complete(I mean complete complete) street trim he just ran 11.49 at 120 with that setup. I'm buying a TC brand new regardless of where I get it from. My lockup switch has been out for some time and I need to get it fixed. I enjoy the l/u feature a lot. We'll see and I definitely plan to keep you all involved. Thanks again for all of your opinions as I value them all.

[Scoobum]

Phil, contact forcefed3.8's on the other board. I found a thread and it appears he tested the FT convertor with good results. Rob doesn't sell convertors...s o he'll give you an unbiased opinion. Thread is in the link. It turned into a pissing match...unfort unately. I was interested in who builds FT's convertors...b ut with the mud slinging, I don't know if that came out...or not.

https://www.turbobuick.com/threads/any-reviews-of-revolution-x-torque-converters-from-full-throttle.437005/

[phil_long]

Sheesh...good read. It always turns into a pissing match. Lol. Buick guys are really defensive when you try something out of the ordinary. Lol

[Scoobum]

Shoulda seen the commotion when I asked a vendor for track data to back up their product claim.

[phil_long]

I couldnt imagine the response man. I stay quiet and listen to only a few for the most part. I enjoy the guys who have a mind of their own and steer away from the majority though. Like them, I don't have a ton of money to spend on certain parts when you can get one for much less and still get ideal results.

[Scoobum]

Phil I purchased this 6262 from Precision when it was first introduced when Patrick Rubio was on his 2nd go around there. it has about 1300 passes on it with the journal bearing configuration. If anything, it's durable. I change the oil/filter every other race weekend.

[daveismissing]

IIRC Mike told me his supplier is local, if that narrows it down any.Talked a lot about sprags...

[Scoobum]

IIRC Mike told me his supplier is local, if that narrows it down any.Talked a lot about sprags...

There was something in that thread about a convertor company being about 10 miles from FT. Not sure if they named it.

[charleslong]

Good evening sir, I'm doing well, but life has certainly had its ups and downs and its ups and downs again.  How are you?

[phil_long]

That's what i like to hear!!!! The stockers last a while as well.

[Steve Wood]

Good evening sir, I'm doing well, but life has certainly had its ups and downs and its ups and downs again.  How are you?

If Life is not providing you with ups and downs, you are most likely dead, Charles!  We just have to make the best of what it offers us, and it usually works out.  My advice is to not spend a lot of time trying to figure out why life does what it does to us...just kick ass and don't worry about taking names.

[Be4u]

Hell naw! You take names Charles! Don't listen to that snowflake babble coming from Steevie.