87hottness1
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I am having the same problem I had a local shop install my converter I had a 2800 stall installed with my te60 turbo what should I set my tvc to ?
What when wrong?
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The TV cable doesn't do anything to affect converter stall speed. Push on the D shaped tab on the side of the TV cable bracket and pull the cable as far back to the fire wall as it will go. Get in the car with the engine off and slowly and firmly press the gas pedal to the floor. Make sure there is no floor mat under the gas pedal. Thr TV cable will self adjust to about where it should be. Most of the time you can just leave it there. It only affects part throttle shifts. Wide open throttle shifts are controlled by the governor in the transmission.
87hottness1
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Ok thanks just did that and it was off a lot
Lonnie said that I didn't have to fill the converter before installing. I am not have any problem with it building boost. After talking to Lonnie and driving the car today some of it could be the tires are bigger and some in the converter. Thanks for all the information because maybe it could help someone else .
Was the car stock when you got it? Many of these cars have been modded and then most of the aftermarket parts removed to sell the car later so the converter that was in the car may not have been stock. A lot of times people remove the external aftermarket parts but dont go thru the hassle of changing out a converter so its possible your had a higher stall converter then you changed it back to stockish type converter when you installed the new transmission.
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Suggest you start your own thread, and not hijack this one......
That is the original one. I'm thinking that the one you replaced it with is tighter than the original one. The ratings vary from manufacturer to manufacturer.
I'm pretty sure the stock GM converters were rated based on a lower torque than what the turbo cars were rated at. 2200 was not accurate. They were probably more like 2500. The more torque you apply, the higher it will stall. See if you can get your converter restalled for 3000 or so. If the torque rating they use to calculate stall speed is high, then you will probably end up with a 2600 - 2800 which would be perfect for a stock turbo. Some places will restall you for free one time if it is within a certain time period of purchasing the converter. Make sure to check into that with yours. Just go on the loose side a little. You won't regret it. You have a lockup converter so it is not like it will cause too much heat or hurt fuel economy when you are at cruise.
Stock converters do have a D5 stamped on them but many companies made restalled D5 converters in the 90's that were 2800-3000 rpm units so its hard to tell for sure what you may have without opening it up. The restalled D5 converters were cheap and pretty common in the 90's-early 2000's.
Wrong! Shift rpm is determined by the governor and valve body both and the valve body NEEDS to know how much throttle you're giving it to avoid burning up. It knows how much throttle you are giving it via the tv cable/system and its proper adjustment and geometry. This hydraulic signal from the tv valve influences everything else and it MUST be right or it will toast that bitch to the ground and I don't care if it was built by God himself.
Good point. Mine was built by Jesus Christ (initialed JC on the case
) and TV cable adjustment is critical even for WOT. I've seen where it is too tight and the thing won't shift at WOT because the line pressure is too high.
