c6 with a lockup tc?
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c6 with a lockup tc?
hey this might be a dumb ? since ive never seen one b4. but i have a c6 behind a 351m, that has a 3.25 rear end in it. i was wondering if there is a lock up torque converter out there for the c6. i wanna try and get some better gas milage and i think that would help. plus i dont want to go any higher on the rear end thanx for the info
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I asked about this a long time ago and have been told that a lock-up converter is not possible in a C6. It makes sense to me because trans with lockup converters have electronics to control them and the C6 doesn't have any electronics.
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I have a chevy malibu (1980 model) that has a lock-up tc and no electronics. It uses a vaccum swtich, and delay valve to control when the lock-up occurs. It has a bad habit of locking it up at 25mph (think goin from second to fifth in a manual), so I put a switch on it so I can control it..
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It takes a lot of internal passages in the tranny to control a lockup converter that just don't exist in a C6. There were some mechanical lockup torque converters for some of the lightweight trannies but I don't know if they would hold up in a C6 application.
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in the tech articals there is a artical that talks about how to do this the right way. he used a aod and he had a built 460 in front of it so im not really worried about putting my measly little 351 in front of a well built one
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Not me... I would not couple a regular 460 and an AOD. I don't care how well the AOD is built. It might "work" for a while like a lot of things that get done out there. Sounds like a short life for the transmission.
Just my 2 cents...
Just my 2 cents...