<VV> Torque Converters

[albertwyang at verizon.net]

Lock up feature is usually activated by a solenoid, which needs to be controlled by an electronic module.  When vehicle speed is steady and enigne load is not too high, the lock up feature is activated.  Accelerating,, downshifting, changin in engine load or even braking can disengage the lock-up.  This is qutie a complicated system to install and to calibrate.

Other problems in the converter might reduce gas mileage too.  Is it definietly that the lock-up feature quit?

>From: wblanning at adelphia.net
>Date: Tue Dec 27 19:41:36 CST 2005
>To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: <VV> Torque Converters

>With reference to recent posts about gas mileage & torque converters, does anyone know if a lock up torque converter can be made for Corvairs?  We had an '84 Celebrity with a 2.8 liter (+/- 164 c.i.) V-6 and a lock up converter that stopped locking up.  Highway mileage dropped from 27 mpg to 23 mpg when the lock up feature quit.  So I was thinking that a lock up converter might help mileage in Powerglide Corvairs and would probably reduce interior noise level too.
>
>Wade
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