Mid Plate Questions

mopowers said
I haven't had a chance to finish mine up. I intend to just shim the convertor slightly with washers, then trim the midplate to allow the starter to bolt directly to the transmission. When I get a new convertor, I'll just have it made with thicker pads. I think that'll work fine with my .120" midplate.

Since yours is 1/4", I'd definitely make sure (a) the convertor fully engages the pump with a spacer like you said, and (b) the starter gear fully engages the ring gear on the convertor. Maybe do what my plan is and just trim away the starter mounting area of the midplate, so it mounts directly to the transmission?

Thanks for the reply. Sounds like you’re on the right track with yours!

I do like your idea about trimming for starter clearance as I do like the idea of it booting directly to the transmission and fully seating in the pilot for the nose cone.

Just so I’m clear, you’re meaning to trim even the starter bolt holes in the midplate for complete clearance? Like the yellow areas I added to my picture here?

As far as the spacing, are we talking like 1/4 washers behind the flex plate which would push the converter toward the trans? Sorry. It’s just hard to visualize all this spacing and clearance and what not. To that end, not sure if it matters but I measured and the tabs on my TC are 7/16 of an inch. And also I will use the solid flex plate which is .15 thick instead of .10 like the stock one.

Thanks!