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05-03-2008, 04:04 AM   #13 (permalink)
347LX
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Lancaster, Ohio
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Re: Launching off a transbrake bog?

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Originally Posted by extranjero View Post
May I ask why some guys like to run a transbrake up against a rev limiter on the launch? The converter will keep the engine from free revving. So If I have a 5k stall converter, nail the throttle to the floor, on the brake, it shouldn't rev higher than 5k rpm, right?. I don't run a transbrake, just trying to understand.
Yep thats the basics of it. A converter that will fash at say 3200 will stall at 4000 or even higher on a t-brake.
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