you don't really need lockup in a racing application, and I'm not sure if
you can get a stall converter that locks up...
-mike d.
---> Yorktown, Va.
miggitymike@juno.com
88 6er (for now..he hehe) LE, slammed, modded, painted, 17.6 @ 78mph
http://members.xoom.com/dakotaperf/index.html
On Sat, 22 Jan 2000 14:19:45 -0500 "Bob King" <k85go76@erols.com> writes:
> Well thanks...but I still have a question. If modern day autos
> pretty much
> all have lock-up converters, why are "beefed up" A-518 trannies
> offered in
> both lock-up and non lock-up froms from Magnum Performance, Inc.
> (not that
> they are my parts source or anything..I just happen to have one of
> their
> catalogs for reference purposes)?
>
> Bob King
> Pennsville, NJ
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blackdak <blackdak@twcny.rr.com>
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> Date: Saturday, January 22, 2000 1:32 PM
> Subject: DML: Re: Lockup vs. Non-lockup Trannies?
>
>
> >Here is what the guide that came with my B+M rebuild kit for a
> TH700R4
> >said.........drive along in high gear at a steady 45 mph, if you
> just
> barely
> >touch the brake (without removing your foot for the gas) and you
> should see
> >the tach shoot up 200-300 rpms as the converter unlocks. It worked
> with
> that
> >tranny (83 s-10 blazer) and also works in my 93 explorer. I never
> tried it
> >in the 2000 Dakota though.
> >
> >I would think any trans made in the last 15 years or so are all
> have
> lock-up
> >torque converters due to gas mileage requirements. The lock up
> causes a
> >no-slip condition in the torque converter and so there is no power
> loss due
> >to slippage.
> >
> >Gary
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Bob King" <k85go76@erols.com>
> >To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> >Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2000 12:29 PM
> >Subject: DML: Lockup vs. Non-lockup Trannies?
> >
> >
> >> Who can tell me the differences between Lockup and Non-lockup
> auto
> >trannies
> >> (referring to presence or absence of a lockup torque converter)?
> What
> are
> >> the advantages and disadvantages of each?
> >>
> >> Thanks for the info.
> >>
> >> Bob King
> >> Pennsville, NJ
> >>
> >>
> >
>
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