Stall and Shift RPM Question.

crackedback said
Don't buy a junk cheapo converter and you can have a 3500 stall and a tight runner at part throttle.

It's not the 70-80's anymore!

Depending on what you want to do with the car, I'd have no issue with a 3500 converter in that car. I run tight 8' units on the street and they don't drive like a marshmellow.

We put a Hughes 2500 converter behind a 360 with a XE268H and I thought it was still shy of what it should have had... that's what the owners wanted. I think they were unhappy with it but it was better than the POS stock unit. The car did get 20mpg on the freeway. :)

It might not be the 70's anymore, and i fully agree a $200 off the shelf converter is not usually the answer, but intentionally running an 8 inch, 3500 flash converter, in a street driven 318 car with maybe 275HP and a cam that has a max RPM of 5500 RPM...and telling a novice to follow suit?...come on now.

I want to point out I'm addressing his question with general responses, because in reality there is no such thing as a "3500 converter", as there are a million parameters that will make a converter stall where it does. You can also have an 8 inch converter that only stalls to 2K. So again, we're getting into too many generalities and novice opinions here only 3 posts in.

Op, call a real converter company...and by "real" i mean not B&M. Call ATI and ask for John. You're already getting bombarded with misleading statements (probably including mine) that are just going to confuse you and get you a mismatched combination.

my opinion is only worth what you paid for it, as well as any others given. Again, i run an ATI, and they won't steer you wrong, but it also won't be $300.