Torque under 3000 rpm?
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St. Jude Donor '08
Torque under 3000 rpm?
On every dyno chart I've seen, they all seem to start about 2500-3000 rpm. Does anyone have a chart that shows the torque from idle to redline?
just curious
just curious
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Not that easy to do. Dyno runs are done in 4th for manuals and D for automatics.
So the car has to run up though the gears, One it is 4th or D, the car is slowed down to almost idle or about 3000 rpms. On autos it is much harder do to the stall
On manuals you occasionally see a run from 2500 rpms up
So the car has to run up though the gears, One it is 4th or D, the car is slowed down to almost idle or about 3000 rpms. On autos it is much harder do to the stall
On manuals you occasionally see a run from 2500 rpms up
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St. Jude Donor '12-'13-'14
also keep in mind the dyno runs (and hence the charts) are at full throttle. If you're trying to get a feel for torque under 3000rpm, you won't be down there for long at full throttle 
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St. Jude Donor '08
I'm almost certain you're wondering why your asking.
I'm thinkign of getting that GM torque converter that Mike Mercury was talking about. From what I've learned, the OEM TC on my 97 has a stall of 1600rpm and Mike's TC stalls between 1900-2000rpm. I'm curious what the difference is in torque between 1600 and 2000rpm to get an idea of what it will feel like driving normally and at full throttle.
I'm thinkign of getting that GM torque converter that Mike Mercury was talking about. From what I've learned, the OEM TC on my 97 has a stall of 1600rpm and Mike's TC stalls between 1900-2000rpm. I'm curious what the difference is in torque between 1600 and 2000rpm to get an idea of what it will feel like driving normally and at full throttle.
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