Factory High Stall Converters
2800 wasn’t a high stall in the 70’s either.
I agree.
Just because Chrysler stamped a term on something doesn’t make it so.
According to who? You? LMAO! Against your standard?
If your definition of high stall is a factory 11.75 in converter you use the wrong definition.
The key word in this sentence is “IF” which I never said in my direction that you (might have) assume(d).
Bare with me a second here.
Chrysler sells motor vehicles that have to meet a certain standard for the general public that run and drive a certain way. The car must, in Chrysler’s opinion, have a certain feel and performance aspect to it when you put it in drive, and then drive away. We will call this the normal car. That everyday car that will sell by the thousands type of vehicle.
When Chrysler started making there performance cars with the hotter cam engines, they found that the vehicle needed more stall in the converters. After all, the everyday engine will use a cam that has very low duration. The performance engines cam was a good bit larger than the everyday engine’s cam. It was quickly discovered (more so most probably known a head of time) that the newer and hotter engine needed more stall in the converter to meet the expectations for the intended performance and what ever vehicle it was going in.
This is where the factory had a higher stall converter designed and made. Being that this converter has a higher stall than that everyday set up they sell by the thousands a day, they had it stamped “Hi Stall” for that reason and probably as well as not to have anyone get confused as to what converter they were grabbing to install during assembly.
The difference in the stall is not that much but enough to be noticeable and probably feel like something is off if not outright wrong with the vehicle when driven. What should be certain feel from the average 318-2bbl Duster is going to be a bit off with an extra 1,00? 1,500, 1,500+ stall?
If some executive or engineer got in this run of the mill 318-2 with a 383 road runner converter, I think they would know something is off and I believe the average regular guy would agree when they drive the car.
There is a big stall difference in converters here that get used by the factory and as such they had them labeled “Hi Stall” which is accurate from where they stand and by which the standard of what the factory did, not yours or your idea of a high stall is.
I do not remember anybody replying that yesteryears factory high stall is nothing in comparison to today’s aftermarket high stall and which we didn’t even get to how awesome today’s converters drive on the street even at a 4500 rpm stall rating.
I myself have what I would call a
general performance engine with a bit of cam and a 3500 stall converter that runs and drives super close to a stock car.
Calling what Chrysler stamped on the converters, Hi Stall, in the ‘60’s & ‘70’s as not a performance thing or an upgraded part is silly and made into sounding not only disrespectful but almost goes to crazy because you compare it to today’s standards of how many years later now?
This is what I think your missing. Even though it has been stated. For starters, let’s take a look at the thread title you completely ignore and argue against.
(Forgive the bold, it was just a copy and paste.)
“Factory High Stall Converters”
