GM400 Torque Converter mistake

[armsco@primenet.com (Michael)]

Greg and Thomas, I appreciate your help with my questions about a high stall
converter. I am posting this to the list in the hope it will prevent someone
else from making the same mistake I did. 

After reading Kirby's book I just assumed all GM high stall converters would
have a stall speed of 26-2800 rpm. So I installed a V3 high stall converter
and was disappointed with the results. If anything the car seemed slower.
After the fact checking revealed that the V3 high stall converter has a
stall speed of 16-1750 rpm.

Now I am really confused. It is my understanding that under acceleration the
engine should quickly rev up to the stall speed, then stay there until road
speed tells the trans to shift. As I mentioned in my last post, mine rev's
to 22-2300 rpm before shifting.  Shouldn't it be shifting at 16-1750 rpm
with this converter? 

It looks like I must now live with sluggish acceleration, or pull the trans
again and install the correct converter.

Does anyone have any thoughts on what problems this low stall converter
might cause other than slower acceleration?

Thanks,
Michael

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