Is this cam small enough that I don't absolutely have to have a stall? Could I get away with an 80e and no stall at all? The truck will never see big horsepower, a big cam, or launches/track time. I'm looking for an awesome street truck that is DDable with mild manners. The truck has fricken black TBSS 22's on it and I want to keep it that way

 

You dont have to.
What size turbo?
I ran years with the stock torque converter and a isky 215

 

70mm. All custom piping and pieced together components. As you can see from my other threads and helping me (thank you) I'm trying to do something mild yet different. Also, if I choose to go with an 80e, I can have my DD tune with 6psi and my Race Gas tune with 19psi


I'll need more help with the electronics and what not because I know nothing about GM MAF's and tuning them, but thats another post and another few months down the line.

 

It will work just not as well as with a 3-3400 converter. Prob with the 80E converter is the weight not just the stall.

 

Yea i agree. The weight of the stock 80e torque converter is bout as much as the whole transmission

Btw, does anybody have the weight of a stocker? ~80-85#?

 

I've seen 75 lbs quoted a couple times, that's the dry weight!

Thing is a ******* beast to install laying on your back with it loaded with fluid

 

You aint kidding! I bet it holds 3quarts +
thats almost another 10#.
I cant complain tho, mine has been a good one.
Now its time for a circle D to go with the turbo.

 

I had a 4L80E in my lifted 1970 K20 chevy had a 2500 stall restalled factory 80E converter truck went 13.30's with a mild 454 BBC. Pulled out the 80E and put in a TH400 with restalled factory c9 th350 converter (36lbs) and truck went 12.61 with no other changes. That 80E converter is a heavy piece of **** that doesn't multiply torque. A converters ability to multiply torque is what matters not the stall speed. That's why the yanks work the way they do.

 

https://www.performancetrucks.net/fo...verter-502369/

 

Anyway to use another, un-stalled, stockish converter thats a lot lighter? Number one goal is gas mileage, not speed. Or does the big *** 80e NEED a heavy converter?