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Understanding Automatic Transmission Torque Converter Part-2
April 28th, 2010[/caption]
Lets pick up where we left off from torque converters part-1. As for stall speed, a torque converter to automatic transmissions is like a clutch to a manual transmissions. Imagine when a clutch is fully released, and you get all the power from the engine. That’s stall [...]
Transmission Components: What makes a good torque converter?
September 24th, 2009
Dependability concerns in choosing a torque converter – Regardless of the reason for buying a torque converter, an educated buyer should look for several features in the product one is considering purchasing in order to assure that both the transmission and torque converter have nice long lives.
Furnace brazed fins - greatly improves the strength characteristics [...]
Transmission Components: Torque Coverters and Stall Speed
September 24th, 2009
Essentially speaking the torque converter in an automatic transmission takes the place of a clutch in a manual transmission. An explanation of stall speed will help you understand how it works. Read it carefully.
Stall speed — The rpm that a given torque converter (impeller) has to spin in order for it to overcome a given [...]
Transmission Components: Torque Converters Part-1
September 24th, 2009
Torque converter — a torque converter is an integral part of an automatic transmission, basically a fluid-coupling device that also acts as a torque multiplier during initial acceleration.
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The torque converter consists of four primary components:
Cover — the cover (also referred to as a front) is the outside half of [...]
Courtesy of TCI
What is a Torque Converter and what does Lock-Up mean?
April 29th, 2009
A torque converter, common to automatic transmissions only, is the equivalent to a clutch in a standard transmission. The torque converter converts the power from the engine, seamlessly and smoothly to the transmission instead of having a clutch to assist on take off as in a standard transmission.
BTW, if you don’t get a remanufactured [...]