200-4R Behind a 340 and Reid Bellhousing Build

cherokeechief79 said

I may have missed it but in the beginning you said you had it wired for a one wire lockup.do you lock it up with a dash switch?doesw it only lock in 4th gear?if its locked does it drop out by itself when it automatically goes into a lower gear or will it stall when you come to a stop?

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I have a switch on the shifter that is a single hot wire to the trans. The negative side is grounded internally in the trans. Post #86 I believe has a video showing how I lock it. It can be locked in any gear at any time if you want. But it’s all done manually.

One thing I found out is that you can lock the converter at idle and it really doesn’t do anything. I had accidentally locked it running up the the lanes from the pits. I noticed it acted a tad different like it wasn’t quite idling quite right or something. I looked down and saw my light was on with the converter locked when I was stopped at idle. I was under the impression that it would lock up and take off like a clutch but it doesn’t do that at all. Apparently it takes some rpm to build pressure to get enough friction from the clutch to move the car.