[DorianL]

Hi All,

I am running a 200-4R with goodies from PTS and CK.

The converter is a TCI Street Fighter 3000.

My power plant has roughly 520HP at 5500 and 600TQ at 3500

I have 28-inch tires and 3.42 gears.

Near the end of the track in third at 5000+ rpm, I am just a little over 100 MPH. This is a significant slip, right? 20 - 30% slip, right?

The RPM drop between shifts seems a little over 1000 RPM.

When cruising at 70-some MPH and locking up, my RPM drops from 2500 to 2000.

The converter clutch shudders very easily if I give it some gas.

However,
My main beef is the shifting. I think the trans (independently of the torque converter) is shifting quickly and firmly (I can sorta feel it) but the more I get on the throttle and the more RPM the shifts do not get any harder.

With my old converter, a 2200 bowtieoverdrives HD unit, it used to chirp the tires at low throttle. I never could get hard higher throttle shift because I had problems with the VB at the time.

My pressures are now perfect but not harsh shifts on throttle.

Do all these symptoms sound like a slipping or mismatched converter?

Ideally my pref is a positive shift at low throttle, tire-chirps at mid and tire shred at WOT. I used to get this with my 350.

THANKS!

D.