Hey guys. I was just wondering on how big of a cam can I run in the 351 without changing the torque converter? I am planning on running gt40 heads on it and would like to have a bigger cam. I wasn't sure of what would be a good cam with the stock torque converter.
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05-04-2010, 08:17 PM #1Proud to be a GMN Member
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05-04-2010, 08:35 PM #2I want some grape drink baby, mmmm it's purple
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Nothing lol. The stock H.O. cam isnt even good on a stock convertor in my opinion
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05-04-2010, 08:48 PM #3The sly one
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just be glad it's not an aero trans... the stock engine kills those converters. That was the first thing I had to fix on the 93 vic.
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05-04-2010, 08:56 PM #4Member
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I have heard a supercoupe converter is good?
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05-06-2010, 08:34 PM #5PirateGuest
It's good for a couple of hundred more RPM....and that's about all. Originally Posted by 89crownlx
I'd recommend at least a 2400-2500 rpm stall unit.
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05-06-2010, 10:35 PM #6I'm an air-conditioned gypsy
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The 351 converter stalls even lower than the standard 302 converter. Its truly horrible.
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05-07-2010, 12:45 PM #7I want some grape drink baby, mmmm it's purple
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I read somewhere that the aode convertor stalls around 2400 is there any truth to that and could you get one out of a 94-95 5.0 stang and bolt it to a regular aod?
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05-07-2010, 02:02 PM #8Proud to be a GMN Member
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Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. But I think mustang trannys are a little different than ours. But i'm not sure about the torque converter.
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05-07-2010, 03:39 PM #9I want some grape drink baby, mmmm it's purple
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The aod has some differences. The shift arm on the tranny is different and the mustang has a higher shift governor. Other than that identical, I have a mustang tranny in my marquis. I'm just not sure what the differences between the aod and aode are, I would assume the convertors are interchangeable as long as you get one from a 5.0 but .......
We all know where assuming gets us.
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05-07-2010, 05:22 PM #10PirateGuest
If you're attempting to think about using an AODE convertor in an AOD....stop right there, lol. To keep this simple, it won't work. Originally Posted by 1980c10
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05-07-2010, 10:36 PM #11I want some grape drink baby, mmmm it's purple
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easy enough lol. I wasnt thinking about it just aking suggestions for the op. I want a higher stall than that
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