2500 & 3000 Stall Lockup Converters are available from TCI & SMR. I
bought the 2500 SMR. Contact TCI at Federal Mogul on the Web. Contact
SMR at 1-888-846-6603. I'm sure glad those Triple 6s have a dash between
them, Amen!
Dave Waco
94 Dakota V8 14.9 69 Super B 12.8 78 Arrow 360 V8 11.7
"mike d." wrote:
>
> 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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