Thread: missing a gear?
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Old 11-09-2004, 07:20 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Duke2.6

It's actually a torque converter. A fluid coupling does not multiply torque.
A torque converter is a fluid coupling, by definition.



Quote:
Originally Posted by Duke2.6


Under cruise load a non-lockup torque converter will have some slippage, but I doubt if it's more than about 3 percent, which would only be about 100 revs at 3000.
The starter of the thread already posted that he is running 3000 rpm @62 mph. This is about 200 rpm more than the calculated 2776 rpm from a rigid coupling. A high stall torque converter has considerably more than 3% slippage.
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