Torque Convertor

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wildthings
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Torque Convertor

Post by wildthings »

Is anyone running anything other than the stock torque convertor on their 411 or 412. I talked with the guys that rebuild 003's in the bay area and they said it was easy to swap a torque converter out of a later bus into the Type 4. I would think that the higher stall speeds and deeper convertion ratios of the later torque converters would give vastly improved performance over stock. I'm figuring on replacing my engine in the next 10-20 thousand miles so if this swap is worthwhile to do, I would like to be hunting up a later model torque converter now in preperation for that day.