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I need to vent a bit. I just had my trans freshened up due to a flare. It's now working great however I had a small leak which I was not able to pin point. What I though was a loose pump bolt turned out to be a hair line crack on the converter where the stator is, needless to say I could get this fixed, but this means more down time, sending out converter for repair, turn around time etc and the fear of it happening again.
My current converter is a PATS 10 inch which stalls at 3,400 rpm 0 lbs of boost but it does not feel loose if that makes sense, the rpm's do not really jump if I burp the throttle. Until now it had worked flawlessly with my TE-60-1 and other mods found in sig. I have a trans brake and was wondering if the stress of using it only a few times (less than 10) may have caused the damage to the stator. I am running a hardened stator and billet hard parts in the trans, it's built well beyond my power level.
I've had the converter 6 years and have less than 5,000 kilometers on it.
My issue - I needed a new turbo since mine took a dump last year, but now i'm also looking at a converter.
Onto the turbo, last year the TE-60-1 I had took a dump, I was leant a PTE-54 which looks exactly like my TE-60-1, I can't seem to find a single visible difference. I need to return it to my buddy and will need a new turbo (the waste gate hole was too large on this one, the puck on my Terry Houston down pipe does not cover it, no room for a larger puck can't build more than 15lbs of boost with it). My dilema is selecting the proper turbo and converter. My car is a street car, it's been down a track 3 times, it went 118 @ 11.48 with zero lbs boost launch on drag radials and 12.0 on regular radials at 116mph. These runs at 22 psi pump gas and alky.
My goal good fun reliable street car but if I can pick up a bit of performance over what I had with a better turbo and converter that would be great too. I figure now would be the time to do it and I only want to do this once and get the best turbo / converter combo if anyone can help me please.
I know these mods have been beat to death however the more I read into turbos and converters the more I get confused. I am open to suggestions. If my old computer hadn't crashed I had Brian's email in there some where (Bison) I hope he sees this.
Thanks,
Jim
I need to vent a bit. I just had my trans freshened up due to a flare. It's now working great however I had a small leak which I was not able to pin point. What I though was a loose pump bolt turned out to be a hair line crack on the converter where the stator is, needless to say I could get this fixed, but this means more down time, sending out converter for repair, turn around time etc and the fear of it happening again.
My current converter is a PATS 10 inch which stalls at 3,400 rpm 0 lbs of boost but it does not feel loose if that makes sense, the rpm's do not really jump if I burp the throttle. Until now it had worked flawlessly with my TE-60-1 and other mods found in sig. I have a trans brake and was wondering if the stress of using it only a few times (less than 10) may have caused the damage to the stator. I am running a hardened stator and billet hard parts in the trans, it's built well beyond my power level.
I've had the converter 6 years and have less than 5,000 kilometers on it.
My issue - I needed a new turbo since mine took a dump last year, but now i'm also looking at a converter.
Onto the turbo, last year the TE-60-1 I had took a dump, I was leant a PTE-54 which looks exactly like my TE-60-1, I can't seem to find a single visible difference. I need to return it to my buddy and will need a new turbo (the waste gate hole was too large on this one, the puck on my Terry Houston down pipe does not cover it, no room for a larger puck can't build more than 15lbs of boost with it). My dilema is selecting the proper turbo and converter. My car is a street car, it's been down a track 3 times, it went 118 @ 11.48 with zero lbs boost launch on drag radials and 12.0 on regular radials at 116mph. These runs at 22 psi pump gas and alky.
My goal good fun reliable street car but if I can pick up a bit of performance over what I had with a better turbo and converter that would be great too. I figure now would be the time to do it and I only want to do this once and get the best turbo / converter combo if anyone can help me please.
I know these mods have been beat to death however the more I read into turbos and converters the more I get confused. I am open to suggestions. If my old computer hadn't crashed I had Brian's email in there some where (Bison) I hope he sees this.
Thanks,
Jim
