ChrisCairns
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I took the tranny out Monday night and left fitment until Tuesday. Why I say fitment is when I installed my last converter the snout on the converter was too large to go into the pilot hole in the crank. I spent around 3 hours tearing emory cloth into strips and sanding the snout down 13 thou until it fit.
The first thing I did when I received this converter is to check it in a stock crank and it fit perfectly so it was as I suspected....the crank in my stage engine has a smaller pilot hole.
I started sanding this one and it only took me about an hour to get the 6 thou I needed...ain't experience great ...lol. I'll know if I ever order another one to order it with a 1.690 snout.
Anyway, I just buttoned it up and tried it. It's tight. Very tight. I asked for 2900 to 3000 at zero boost. I got 2400. It evens hammers the car when I put it in gear its so tight. It takes forever to get to 5 lbs of boost. I have no doubt it'll be a lot tighter on the top seeing as it's so much tighter on the bottom. I have some other plans for this coming weekend so I won't be able to try it but I'll take it the next week.
I'll phone Marty (not Mark as I originally thought) and order the necessary shims to change the stall. At least we will know how much to change it.
Chris
The first thing I did when I received this converter is to check it in a stock crank and it fit perfectly so it was as I suspected....the crank in my stage engine has a smaller pilot hole.
I started sanding this one and it only took me about an hour to get the 6 thou I needed...ain't experience great ...lol. I'll know if I ever order another one to order it with a 1.690 snout.
Anyway, I just buttoned it up and tried it. It's tight. Very tight. I asked for 2900 to 3000 at zero boost. I got 2400. It evens hammers the car when I put it in gear its so tight. It takes forever to get to 5 lbs of boost. I have no doubt it'll be a lot tighter on the top seeing as it's so much tighter on the bottom. I have some other plans for this coming weekend so I won't be able to try it but I'll take it the next week.
I'll phone Marty (not Mark as I originally thought) and order the necessary shims to change the stall. At least we will know how much to change it.
Chris