Another 9.5" converter question
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 7:51 am
Hello everyone. This is my first post, so please excuse its length. I want to give as much info as possible. I bought my current race car turn key. I know many of the car's particulars, but not all. Anyway, I feel that the car is WAY off performance wise for me and am curious how much the converter is affecting it. The car is a 69 Chevelle back-halved ladder bar car. Race weight is 2995 with me in it. Ladder bar is set in the middle of 5 holes in the front, making the bottom bar level with the ground. It has 14 X 32 stiff sidewalls on it. The motor is a 383 sbc with 12.5 to 1 compression. Cam is a Comp Cam 12-906-1. It is .630/.630 with .276 in/ .284 ex at .050 on a 107lsa. I'm not sure if it installed straight up or not. The heads are Brodix Track 1's that have been ported. Intake is a box stock Super Victor and carb is a Pro Systems 950H built for the combo. TH350 with a brake. The rear is a 5.14. Now for the converter. It is Art Carr model 19920. That is a Super HD spragless built for 1000 horsepower with a welded front cover. It is stalled to 4500, I think. I leave on the transbrake at 4400 and the car leaves wheels way up. It 60's in the low 1.4's. But, on the shift ( I shift at 7200) it falls back to 4500. I only go through the traps at around 6700 and that's with the 5.14's. It runs a high 10.70 to a low 10.80 and between 122.3 and 123 mph. The previous owner ran a 300 shot of juice on the car and shifted at over 8000! I haven't hit the bottle yet, though the system is on the car. Is the converter being too tight hurting it this much? I think that at the cars weight , it should be in the mid to low tens easy. I am expecting too much? Some have said that I have too much gear, but it won't even come throught the traps at it s shift point.