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Old Mar 27, 2010 | 01:24 PM
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Need a torque converter

I have a 96 F350 regular cab 8ft. bed single rear wheel truck. It has the 460 motor and soon to be C6 again because I cannot figure out what went wrong with my ZF swap. My question is what company should I order a torque converter from and what stall speed should I get. My truck is around 6100lbs. and the only mods are headers, gutted cats, and dual exhaust. I have around 87K on the truck and the C6 has only around 6K miles on it. The converter that was in the C6 before I took the tranny out was a stock unit that made the truck feel gutless. At least I think it was the converter. I need the truck for hauling firewood, scrap metal, towing the occasional project truck, and towing my boat(6000LBS). The most I will probably tow with it will be my 5th wheel trailer with a total combined trailer and load weight of 12,000lbs. My HP and TQ is probably not much more than stock so with this info can anyone help me find the appropriate TQ converter?
 
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Old Mar 27, 2010 | 03:21 PM
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https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/7...converter.html Have a read through this thread.
 
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Old Mar 27, 2010 | 08:22 PM
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I cannot find a place that carries the hughes torque converters that were mentioned in the post.
 
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Old Mar 28, 2010 | 01:01 PM
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Welcome to Hughes Performance Try here.
 
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Old Mar 29, 2010 | 02:02 PM
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I tried that site already but I couldn't find anywhere on the site where I could search my exact truck.
 
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Old Mar 29, 2010 | 02:31 PM
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OK then tci.com make good stuff also try wittrans.com and drivetrain.com and transtar1.com
 
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Old Apr 2, 2010 | 06:20 PM
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OK then tci.com make good stuff also try wittrans.com and drivetrain.com and transtar1.com
Thanks for trying to help but I could not find the part I needed on any of those sites. Either they didn't have my year listed or it would send me on a wild goose chase.
 
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Old Apr 2, 2010 | 06:30 PM
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Does anyone know of a site to order a torque converter for a c6 tranny in a 96 F350 with a 460?? I need a TC thats good for towing and that is it. I cannot find one site that has my year truck listed.
 
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