I spent good money for a converter and had it custom built for my car. Now if I switch to different gears or tire size how is that going to affect the converter? I understand that I will loose some performance by swapping to different gears or taller tires, I just dont want it to be sluggish. As for a stock converter I had one in my car prior to buying the custom converter and you are correct I couldnt get it to idle very well and take off was embarrassing. Im pretty sure the kid on the tricycle whooped my butt at the stop light.
I hear ya man. A good converter sure makes a difference.
So are you turning about 2600rpms at 60mph? I was debating about switching to a 235/70/15 tire and maybe 3.23 gears.
2800 rpm at 60 with 3.55's and 28" tall tires. I just figured yours with 235/70/15 and 3.23 gears using 8-9% converter slip factor (that's a little on the high side but your converter was built for 3.73 gears so it'll slip a little more with 3.23's) for the converter and come up with 2550 rpm at 60 MPH
Im sure that I need a good tune, and it was already determined that I need to switch back to my stock jets to give it a try about my hesitation problems, which is another thread. I cant go that far advance with my initial timing. I need to have my dizzy curved, the person I got it from used it in his drag car so it has the light weight springs. I started at about 18* initial and when I reved it I went up to about 42*. So I backed it down to 15* and now Im at about 38* total. Again, totally different problem for sure but not contributing to my gas mileage.