11-05-2001, 10:43 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A.,
IN
Cobra Make, Engine: Home built, supercharged 544cu/in automatic
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Converter stuff
Jay- "ONLY" a 514 ? oh well.  My take, I don't like the impeller/stater setup that TCI uses for street cars. Can't argue that they are the best selling converters though. TCIs are set up for lightness as apposed to size/weight copnsiderations that other converter manufactures will be more than glad to explain to you. For example my converter is heavy, we are talking boat anchor here. But It will handle much more heat and slipping for much longer than a TCI. With differences out there like this, the most important thing to do is use the manufacturers suggestions that you bought your converter from. As for the cooler, I am a bit unique here I should think. I use the oil cooler in front of my car as a trans fluid cooler aft of my radiator. I don't use a oil cooler on my car, at least the way it's intended anyway. I have had a few folks look at that thing and say, " that looks like a transmission cooler". DAAAAA!  Oh, I almost forgot, pay the extra bucks for a good flexplate and bolts. Can't overstate the safety involved here. As for the lack of a oil cooler on my car, that is a subject for another thread. Suffice to say I don't think they are even a good idea for most street cars.
cobrashoch
spellin' so bad I had to edit this darn thing.
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