Re: Lockup vs. Non-lockup Trannies?

From: mike d. (miggitymike@juno.com)
Date: Mon Jan 24 2000 - 21:16:04 EST


Hey Chris,
did you have a stall on yours??

-mike d.

---> Yorktown, Va.
miggitymike@juno.com
88 6er (for now..he hehe) LE, slammed, modded, painted, 17.6 @ 78mph

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On Sun, 23 Jan 2000 21:01:02 -0800 Chris Lambert
<clam9892@postoffice.uri.edu> writes:
> One difference is that there is a plug on the top of the tranny that
> has 3
> wires if it is a lockup and only 2 if it is other. I know one
> advantage to
> the nonlockup is that on my premager with 3.55 gears benefits in
> highway
> cruisability, where as mileage should be better with the lockup, I
> knoticed
> no difference at all. I think my mileage actually improved with the
> non-lockup.
>
> Just my experience,
> Chris
>
> >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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