With or without a clutch pedal, all cars have three elements that make up their performance combination: the car's weight, horsepower, and gear ratios. When a torque converter is added in place of a ...

With an 825hp Ray Barton Street Hemi going between the fenders of our '65 Coronet project (alias "Cool Blue"), we knew we'd need a tough, well-built torque converter. Stall speed and durability are of ...

Most Mustang owners know there is a certain allure to banging gears with a manual transmission. Still, people like to race cars with automatic transmissions-and for good reason. There are no missed ...

Today's performance world offers plenty of ways to make big power, and selecting the right converter to transfer that horsepower efficiently can be challenging.Simply said, without the right torque ...

From manuals to automatics, DCTs, and CVTs, here’s how today’s transmissions differ, and which type makes sense for your ...

An automatic transmission is kinda like a parent of a three-year-old child; it does everything for the driver. Want to reverse? Just move the shift lever to R. Want to drive? Put the lever in D, and ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper describes the relationship between the design parameters used to define the geometry of an automotive torque converter and the ...

I have an old 2011 model SX4 ZXi that has the same 4-speed torque converter. Since the SX4 has a bigger engine (1.6L against 1.5L of XL6) and also the state of tune of SX4’s engine is sporty, so to me ...