torque converter question.

black_bishop said

All right guys, being fairly new to mopar, I am in a quandry over stock style torque converters.

I have a 1976 440 from a motor home which i assume is a cast crank. I have traded the 727 from the motor home for the 727 from a 69 RR. Which torque converter would I want to keep? I have to give the guy I traded one of them (doesn't matter to him which one). Do i need a neutral balance converter or a weighted one? Do i need to change flywheels?

Any help or input I could get on this would be much appreciated.

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If the 'Runner had a 383 in it, it should have had a steel crank.

If it had a 383 with the steel crank, the converter would be one with a narrow ring gear and no weights on the mounting cover. (what is called a 12" converter).

Your 440 converter would be one with a wide ring gear, but will have 2 weights measuring 1.40" x .75" x .250" on the mounting cover. This one is classed as an 11" converter.

Both classed as a medium stall converter.

And unless somebody changed something over the years, they will both have 24 splines.

Hope this helps.