Thinking about a stall, the trailbalizer covertor. Well how long do the trans last with the stall. i got 63,000 miles on my trans and i want to have a stall. I could get another used tran cheap, so i don't really care about this one. but how long do u think it should last.4l60
thanks for any help

 

It all just depends on how you drive it and what the trans temps are ran at. As long as you keep your trans temps bellow 200/190 preffered and don't do things that put sudden load on the transmission (like burning out and sudden grip of traction or harsh shifts from to high of line pressure or to many accumulator washers) i would say the transmission has a pretty good chance of having close to the same if not more of a life expectancy then it would have stock

 

Now that i think bout it, its a hard question. so really the stall doesn't hurt the trans just the heat does?

 

just make sure you get a good transmission cooler and a moderate stall (3000 or less) shouldn't make much of a difference on tranny life at all. I think the shift kit and firmed line pressure is what kills the 4l60e....

 

Would you like to elaborate on this. This is the first time I hear this.

 

 

A torque converter with a higher stall speed will increase the maximum amount of torque the input shaft receives at full-stall. "Stall" refers to the speed at which the engine cannot overpower the fluid coupling in the converter, with the wheels stationary. "Stall" is not the torque converter itself. I have no idea why everyone calls torque converters "stalls."
During a shift the clutches or band must bring the rotation difference between two assemblies to zero. This drop is equivelent the to difference in ratio between the two gears. When this is happening the engine is also being brought down to the speed of the driveshaft in the next gear. The higher stall speed converter will let the engine stay at a higher RPM, but the speed difference between the input and output shafts of the transmission is exactly the same. The converter will multiply torque more and increase the amount of work the clutches or band have to do.

There is one positive thing toward longevity the higher stall speed does - it allows you to use a shift kit to quicken up the shifts without making them uncomfortably firm. The converter will feel more loose and therefore dampen the shock of the firmer shifting. This is easier on the hard parts. Shift Kits don't kill transmissions, setting them up overambitiously does.

 

thanks for the help james B. i was not refering to the torque coverter as a stall, i was just being lazy and wrote stall instead of higher stall.

 

Don't you have to run a shift kit with a stall even like a tb stall?