Well, You can get a pretty good idea. First, in gear, hold brake, mash throttle (WOT, but be careful!) and let up right away. Kinda like your gonna "hop" the car, but holding the brake..
Watching the tach the entire time, you can get a fair idea of the "Flash" stall which is what the converter's stall speed usually is when you mash the throttle...
One thing to remember about stall converters is the heavier the car is the harder the engine works the converter..The lighter the car, and the less the engine has to work the converter to move it, the higher the stall speed must be...
Ex: If an A-body with a 500 C.I. Big Block Stroker has a 3500 Converter in it, that long arm motor will work that converter harder than say a 340 would..
Ex: If say a C-Body with a 340 SB, with a converter stall of 3000, then the little 340 is gonna work that converter like a 3500 To get all that weight moving...A Stroker in this instance would work it even harder because of the extra torque. Now, if that 340 was in an A-body, then the 3000 converter may or may not stall all the way to the 3000 RPM rating depending on the engine's torque output..This is why gearing, camshaft, enigne CID, weight of car, etc. are all factors in selecting a Stall converter...
Topic: Please describe how a torque converter works, and how higher stall works (Read 4979 times)
