Finally drove the Cutlass home yesterday. Had some kinks, but it was fun to drive it for the first time in a year.
I think my Jeg's brand torque converter may be a dud. I'm not an expert so I wanted to tell you the symptoms.
I may also have some tuning problems. It does not take off well from a stop period. Torque converter, carb, or timing, I'm not sure which. It doesn't seem very fast period in drive. From a 5-10 mph roll, if I manually put it in 1st, it moves pretty fast, gets up to 45-55 (50-60 on my incorrect speedo) and brakes the tires loose all over when it shifts into second.
The stall doesn't flash when I floor it from a standstill. The tach just seems to start moving from below 2000 rpms. Very gradual.
If I apply the brakes, and step on the gas, it gets up to 2000 RPMs and won't go any higher. And I don't think the tires are spinning either.
Here's the converter:
http://www.jegs.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisplay?prrfnbr=4746&prmenbr=361
12'', 2300-2700 Stall, 10.75'' Bolt Circle
I figured with the AFR + 383 torque, it would definitely be stalling on the high side of 2700. But my cheaping out probably means another tranny removal.
Being fairly generic in description, I got no custom input on my cam, gear ratio, etc and there doesn't appear to be any info on STR etc.
It's a 72 Cutlass with a 383 with afr 190 heads, 9.1 compression, Comp Cams Magnum Solid Cam 294S Specs: .525/.525, 110 lobe sep, 250/250 duration at .050 , victor jr intake, 2" 4-hole spacer, msd 6al, balanced, holley 750 carb, 3.73 gears, a t400 and 26 inch tires. I had kind of expected it to want to spin the tires a little from a standstill
Thanks in advance for any ideas or things you can think of,
Erik
I think my Jeg's brand torque converter may be a dud. I'm not an expert so I wanted to tell you the symptoms.
I may also have some tuning problems. It does not take off well from a stop period. Torque converter, carb, or timing, I'm not sure which. It doesn't seem very fast period in drive. From a 5-10 mph roll, if I manually put it in 1st, it moves pretty fast, gets up to 45-55 (50-60 on my incorrect speedo) and brakes the tires loose all over when it shifts into second.
The stall doesn't flash when I floor it from a standstill. The tach just seems to start moving from below 2000 rpms. Very gradual.
If I apply the brakes, and step on the gas, it gets up to 2000 RPMs and won't go any higher. And I don't think the tires are spinning either.
Here's the converter:
http://www.jegs.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisplay?prrfnbr=4746&prmenbr=361
12'', 2300-2700 Stall, 10.75'' Bolt Circle
I figured with the AFR + 383 torque, it would definitely be stalling on the high side of 2700. But my cheaping out probably means another tranny removal.
Being fairly generic in description, I got no custom input on my cam, gear ratio, etc and there doesn't appear to be any info on STR etc.
It's a 72 Cutlass with a 383 with afr 190 heads, 9.1 compression, Comp Cams Magnum Solid Cam 294S Specs: .525/.525, 110 lobe sep, 250/250 duration at .050 , victor jr intake, 2" 4-hole spacer, msd 6al, balanced, holley 750 carb, 3.73 gears, a t400 and 26 inch tires. I had kind of expected it to want to spin the tires a little from a standstill
Thanks in advance for any ideas or things you can think of,
Erik