Re: [Amc-list] Trannies - con't

[Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>]

I'm almost agreeing with Brien on this one -- Novak has a vested 
interest in selling adapters.
I said almost...

Most of Novak's customers are hard core four wheelers. They beat on 
their rigs hard and build high power. The AW4 high efficiency torque 
converter has a low stall and isn't well suited for high rpm horsepower 
engines. I don't think anyone makes a high stall converter for it. Most 
of Novak's customers would want to run big V-8s (built 360s) with high 
stall converters so they can rev the engines to build power and still 
not be moving fast. The AW4 won't do that. So from a big power four 
wheeler perspective, the transmission just isn't strong enough.

As I said before, I wouldn't put it behind a drag racing built 360, but 
I'd definitely put it behind a mildly built cruiser that might see an 
occasional pass down the strip.

-- 
Frank Swygert
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