Hughes Performance Converters, Any one run them? or Have any experience with them?

[wjaholic]

http://http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?part=HUP%2D24%2D25&view=1&N=700+150+

I rebuilt a 440, Its just a little hotter than stock. Same with the 727, its just a little bit beefier. Now I am looking for a converter. I have been doing alot of homework on them and was wonder how the quality of the Hughes Converters stands up against the others.

I am looking for a converter with a 2800 stall roughly, the Hughes falls in to my price range.

What do you guys think are they junk?

 

[Rob64GT]

Hughes converts are not junk but you could get a better converter from a company like Dynamic Converters. They will build it for your application for about the same price.
http://dynamicconverters.com/home.htm

 

[fishy68]

I believe they fall into the poor mans converter category. Just like the PTC I bought. Converters like this are not very efficient. I figured converter slip on mine at 12%. With 27.1" tires and 4:10 gears my engine should be turning 3050 rpm but it spins 3425 rpm. That's nearly 400 rpm more. A good converter like a Dynamic, ATI, Turbo Action and a few others will be more in the line of 4-5% slippage.

Not only does mine slip going down the road but I'm sure with a good converter with the same stall speed and same diameter would run a higher trap speed.

In a word the Hughes will give you a performance gain over a stock converter but there is much better out there.

Oh yeah. If you do go with one make sure and run a deep trans. pan and a cooler or you'll fry your tranny.

 

[340srule]

Never tried a Hughes converter but i do run a Ultimate Converter,and so do many other racers, Lenny the owner is a great guy to deal with,give him a call he'll build you exactely what you need /want and it'll perform excately like it's suppose too..www.ulimateconverter.com