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I’m in the same boat right now, but I just want another converter to play with. I’d used Lenny Crouteau since 94 (1st Dynamic, then TCT, and Ultimate) but he’s sold the business and retired. There’s a guy out here in the west (Dice) that some guys use. Might give him a shot. Sometimes I wish...

My friends car mid 90’s. A ton of things wrong in this pict. It was a street car, but the engine was set back like 7“ so tin floor. No blanket, no shield, no clue. It was a RB with a 200kit that never got used. It was on its 2nd pass at the track when all hell broke loose. We were privy to...

The two I’ve been around were the result of a broken rear gear at the launch. One blew apart the other hit the sprag so hard it split it breaking the case.

3.8 in both my race trans….. anyone else question the 5.0 on a flex band?

I guess I’d relate “grind” to metal to metal…. any signs in the pan?

last time I fought that I just upgraded switch and connector to the newer style…

Just took a peak at the front drum I pulled from the 904 core I had. Early 70’s 4 clutch unit. Check ball in the drum.

Well there we go! It was running a Griner for years prior to me going with the Pro Trans clean N brake. As usual I’m my own worst enemy. At least the current owner isn’t running clean N :) thanks for your $.02 Chris

This was in our old 727 that was behind our high 9 W5 mill. My dad short shifted and ran low 10’s for years without a prob. When I went to the W8 mill after I got the car from him we started experiencing failures and later found some assembly issues. One thing that popped up on a couple...

like 1wild back in our street days with the 8.75 we’d run 4.10/.56s for fun, but had a 2.7 gear chuck we could throw in for road trips. Weren’t making enough power to hurt them back then.

simple mopar math 904>727 …..of course if I build a dump truck I’ll go 727 ;)

Converter builder 20 min from your home…. that’s a win/win situation.

….and from what I’ve heard in my circles I’m lucky I didn’t break shafts I give the ATF +4 a thumbs up….. I once had a conversation with Dave at his shop (Pro Trans) about fluid. He just smiled and said “run the red stuff”

750ish hp…. amazingly stock component 904…. ATF+4 Looked great inside at 82 passes :)

Thanks for the updates! Hopefully that‘ll cure your woes. The 5.0 lever I found interesting. I haven‘t heard that recommendation in a long time.

Definitely a dump truck trans (727) from the large pump drive hub. what’s the other side look like?

Weird deal but I was simply shopping for some upgrade parts for a unit I was running and ended up with a complete transmission :) . Chris was great to work with. easy to contact and kept me up to date and worked with me on picking it up and paying.

and speaking of bell housing bolts this is what I do so I don’t have to remove the oil filter to get to that one bolt :)

As 408 Swinger said…… just look up accumulator blocking rod. You’ll get the idea….. but now I’m curious. Did they put a plug in the accumulator passage? I’ve heard of that being done, but D ring seals and a blocker rod will suffice. hopefully you ordered the metal accumulator not the plastic.

Race car stuff, but going hot laps with a trans brake can really drive temps up. I use the “log” under the bumper (like the added capacity) in tandem with my aluminum radiator that utilizes a factory style heat exchanger. With bracket racing I like to get the trans to op temp, but not cook it

From the department of oversight committee…. Griner brake on the L required no accumulator. Pro Trans one on the right requires accumulator. I can attest you will burn stuff up in short order making that error. Accumulator and blocker will always be the “safe” way on a race oriented trans.

Back in the old days…. Lowered the trans a bit and used the long extension swivel socket method. 2nd gen mod was holesaw access holes in the floor. 3rd gen mod with when the CSR 727 shield came into play. Cut a section of floor out and now have a 2 piece aluminum floor Dzus’ed into place...

Perhaps this price will make you feel better :)

stuff like that will drive you crazy! .

I witnessed such a debacle involving multiple PTC converters I’d have a hard time ever calling them….. I know everyone has a bad day but seeing a guy pull his trans like 6 times over leaking or broken converters (plus 2 that were not usable out of the box…. Splines inside bad and one pump drive...

Pretty much off topic now….. but ATF+4 is $5.40 a qt at the dealer i work at.

Torque converters are an interesting integral part to a build. I had two 8“ converters in my 727 days. The 5800 stall was tight and I’d run up on it from my 3800 two step off my trans brake and 60 in the mid 1.2’s….. and it would run like a scalded dog “if“ it hooked. Off data from that one...

Let us know what you find.

ahhhh…… I’ve seen that, and didn’t even give it a second thought. I think my 80 Mirada even had that with the floor shift.

Anybody got a picture of one? Kind of curious as I also didn’t know this was a “thing” :)