why a custom built converter isn't for everyone....
Buy the converter you are happy with and can afford if you feel you want to upgrade to a custom built later on thats an option.IMO its better to have one built to your combos specs but its not absolutely necessary especially in a street driven car. A few years ago I was considering an " off the shelf " converter for the 518 in my 92 D150 as I wanted better 60 ft times. I spoke to the guy( Lenny at Ultimate ) who did my two 8 inch 904 converters and he said send me your stock lock up converter and I will redo it, well he did and I went from 2.20 60fts to 2.00s and it was only a few hundred bucks. Years ago I had a pretty much stock 318 in my Dart while my 340 was being redone, it ran 13.20s with 3.91 gears a 10 inch converter and a manual valve body 904, I swapped to an 8 inch Turbo-Action converter 4,700 stall right out of the old Mopar Performance catalog and starting running 12.70s with no other changes. Before purchasing a whole new converter maybe consider having your existing one redone for a higher stall speed as it can be done sometimes for less than a whole new converter would cost.
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Buy the converter you are happy with and can afford if you feel you want to upgrade to a custom built later on thats an option.IMO its better to have one built to your combos specs but its not absolutely necessary especially in a street driven car. A few years ago I was considering an " off the shelf " converter for the 518 in my 92 D150 as I wanted better 60 ft times. I spoke to the guy( Lenny at Ultimate ) who did my two 8 inch 904 converters and he said send me your stock lock up converter and I will redo it, well he did and I went from 2.20 60fts to 2.00s and it was only a few hundred bucks. Years ago I had a pretty much stock 318 in my Dart while my 340 was being redone, it ran 13.20s with 3.91 gears a 10 inch converter and a manual valve body 904, I swapped to an 8 inch Turbo-Action converter 4,700 stall right out of the old Mopar Performance catalog and starting running 12.70s with no other changes. Before purchasing a whole new converter maybe consider having your existing one redone for a higher stall speed as it can be done sometimes for less than a whole new converter would cost.
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