Converter help

[Ed Kurzawa]

I need help choosing a converter for my 41 chevy bracket car. Each different tech line i call i get a different opinion, and a different answere...Anyway, Motor is a N/A 12-1 355 sbc, Dart pro-1 200 cc heads, comp cams solid lifter, 532/555 lift, 252/262 @.050. Car weighs roughly 3200, turbo 400 trans,.456 gear, 28x9 Mickey thomson slicks. Some tech lines say 3500 stall, some say 5000. Any help here would be greatly appreciated.

[Hutch]

Just a few more questions:
Max RPM:
Shift RPM:
Carburetor used:
Fuel type:
Any dyno numbers:
Expected ET and MPH:
Launch rpm control:
Launch rpm:

I would say you would want a converter that would flash stall to at least the motors torque peak and I would say roughly 5200+ with a shiftpoint of around 63-6500 rpm and a launch rpm of typical bracket race style 3800.

Let me know ,Hutch

[Ed Kurzawa]

Max rpm.-7,000
Shift rpm.-6500
carburetor-holley 750 hp
race gas 110 oct.
no dyno numbers...
dont know about ET or MPH car is in process of being built, hope to break into 11 second bracket...
turbo 400 w/ transbrake
Launch rpm- Comp cams said to get it around the torque peak...4500+

Thanks, Ed

[Hutch]

I would recommend an 8" converter with a flash stall speed right around the 5000-5200 range and im quite sure 11's would be no problem.
I would still have a launch/transbrake rev limit of around 3800 with the small tires.

Hope this helps

[Ed Kurzawa]

Thanks Hutch

[Ed Kurzawa]

One more question Hutch, what brand converter do you recomend?Coan,TCI,ect...

Thanks, Ed

[Hutch]

Ed ,I am partial to Neal Chance converters as most of what I do requires a lot of maintenance and constant adjustments to keep the transmission system working to its maximum potential. The NCRC bolt together design allows me to adjust and maintain customers transmissions/converters with very little downtime .
There are many great companies out there that build weld together converters ,A1,ATI,TCI,Continental,Coan,PTC just to name a few that I have seen many racers have great success with and I know I have left out many more.

Hope this helps ,Hutch