904 torque converter recommendations?

Demonracer said

Boosted, I'm surprised you had troubles with the PTC converter. Kenny Ford and the group there are pretty sharp cookies. I know PTC recently changed hands, but I read that Kenny and about 98% of the crew are still there. I have 3 of their converters and I used them as needed with nary a problem.

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I ordered the converter last year before they sold the company. Kenny went over my specs and told me I needed a 5800 stall so that's what we went with. When I finally got the car running and to the track this year, we found out that the converter was flashing at 5000 and not 5800. That wasn't the only thing, the converter is very inefficient down low. I literally have to stand on the throttle (4000+ rpms) to get the car to move and doesn't completely engage up top (feels like a slipping clutch) and I am seeing 1200+ rpm drop on upshifts.

The loaner converter I currently have in the car is an off the shelf 5300 stall Turbo Action that flashes at 5500, is extremely efficient down low and is fully engaged up top with 600-700 rpm drop on shifts. Exactly how you would expect a quality converter to be (today's converter technology as everyone likes to call it).

I spoke to Kenny last week and he understands the issues I had with the converter and told me to send it back and he would make it right. My conversation with him didn't leave me with a warm and fuzzy feeling but I will hold off on passing judgement until I get the converter back from them and try it out.

Everyone says they absolutely love their PTC converters which is why I went with them. Also because they were the only ones that actually answered the phone when I called to order.... lol