Is there such a thing as a 5000 stall converter that is streetable ?
I've posted before that my avatar car has an 8" ATI Treemaster t/c that stalls right at 5000 rpm. I take it to the track more than on the street but it sees more street time than you'd think. Car shows, Woodward Dream Cruise (where it was about 90 deg and sitting in traffic and a 40 mile round-trip), Telegraph Cruise (lots of traffic there!), etc, etc. Has a separate cooler with its own fan and does not go through the radiator. I rarely turn the fan on when on the street but maybe occasionally if I get quite "spirited" for any length of time. You would not know it's a high stall piece driving it normally. But get on it and hang on!
At the track, the trans temp leaves the line at about 170F after the burnout (I footbrake it to between 2000-2300 in the beams), and it goes out the back door (1/4 mile) at about 190F (best of
[email protected]). Sometimes I'll flip the fan on for the return road if I know I might get hot-lapped and it's back to 160F by the time I get to the pits.
I will say
@Oldmanmopar and his videos of his Duster influenced me when I was choosing a converter. And he was right - glad I went for the high stall speed!