I kind of touched on this in my last question about my engine swap. Do torque converters go bad? How are they serviced or rebuilt? How can it effect the way the car performs? THANX

 

Yes torque coverters can go bad. the internal fins can break away and this makes it less effective. Its pretty standard that when a shop rebuilds your trans, they replace the converter.
While the engin is out, this is a good oportunity to replace it with a stall converter if you have a warmer engine, if that what you want.

 

What do you mean by a warmer engine?

 

i think he means more hopped up.....

 

Yep, if you have a cam or other mods that mean you are producing power higher up in the rev range, and the detriment of low end torque, you may need a stall converter. Lets not go into the details here though, do a search through this section, or any of the tech sections, im sure its a topic that been done to death.

 

Thanks guys.But this engine only gets as WARM as a 76 yr. old man can drive it. Now if I can just get him to stop crashing it into my work bench!

 

an easy way to park a car in a garage without hiting anything is to hang a tenis ball with some string so it touches the windsheild.