Stall Converter & 1/4 Time

[nivvy]

Will you get a faster 1/4 mile time if you run say a 3800 stall vs. a 3000 Stall...... It is my understanding that regaurdless of 3000/3800 it depends on the torque of your motor where the tranny will grab at...so whay do people say the higher stall will get you quicker et's

[GoodysGotaCuda]

You'll hit from a dead stop harder with the higher stall. faster you get to that 60ft mark. Faster your e/t will be.

Gets things rolling faster. We are talkin tenths of seconds too, won't drop your time by a second or anythin.

[tactransman]

It all depends on your engine,I had a Duster that had a 3000 stall in it(it was supposed to be a 4000) It had 440,13.5 -1 pistons,.672 lift cam,1050 Dominator 4.86 gears.I got a good deal on a 5500 stall and it made the car into a monster! Just putting a 4000 stall in place of a 3000 does not guarantee that it will run faster. Every converter will stall different with every engine,yes more torque = more stall.

[moper]

Yeah, that's way too combo dependant. What you really need, is what ever will flash stall just below the engine's peak torque rpm, and still locks up tight after that stall speed is reached. Being very general, the smaller the OD, the tighter it will act after stall speed is reached, but the harder it is to get a high stall speed from. So an 8" race convertor that stalls at 5500 will be tight above that in high gear, but a 10" that stalls at 3500 may be really loose above that in high gear. To make a perfect convertor requires a small performance window be targeted. That's why it's so hard to get a consensus on "which one is best for me..." type posts. Gearing, tire size and type, car type(weight), engine stroke, horsepower and torque levels, compression, camshaft, intake ports, header collector length all contribute to the final  resulting stall speed of a particular convertor in your particular car. Change some of those, and what might have been perfect might now not be..

[abodyjoe]

like already stated it really depends on your combo..