flash convertor?

7demon2 said
ok goody i can understand the "flash" aspect of the convertor. that is a good answer. i am still a little unclear on the normal driving aspect of it. why would this type of convertor be more efficent on the highway verses a regular convertor?

When a regular converter do you mean stock? My converter that will 'flash' at 3,800 from a dead stop, will cruise down the freeway like it were a 2,800rpm stall converter (which with 3.91s...2,800rpm is nothin MPH wise cruising down the road.) Lovely aspect of a quality made converter.

Found this little explaination of the two, hope this elaborates on what i said earlier in some way.

In a car, true stall is the maximum engine rpm attained with the transmission in gear, the brakes locked, and the throttle opened to the highest rpm possible. But achieving this ultimate stall speed in the vehicle is often difficult because frequently the brakes are not able to hold the power transmitted through First gear and the axle ratio to the drive wheels. Transmissions equipped with a transbrake can reach a converters true stall because of the ability to lock the transmission up internally by engaging two gears simultaneously.

Flash stall is the maximum amount of stall the engine obtains from a full-throttle launch at a complete stop with no brakes applied and is higher in rpm than the stall speed created with the brakes applied.