NEW TORQ CONVERTER Question.
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From: Newberry FL
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St. Jude Donor '07
NEW TORQ CONVERTER Question.
I recently did a HEADS and CAM install and had it DYNO tuned. Well, today I had my YANK SS3600 installed and wow what a difference, but my rpms seemed to be jumpier than before at idle. Could this be a tuning thing and once tuned it will be fixed?
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It's in the tuning. idle will be chanced to a more normal setting now that youve got a higher stall in there. Also your shift points and such will need to be changed to take advantage of your new stall. Your tuner should be able to take care of all that. And they should have already disabled torque managment. If they havent they NEED to.
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Originally Posted by Shane_S
It's in the tuning. idle will be chanced to a more normal setting now that youve got a higher stall in there. Also your shift points and such will need to be changed to take advantage of your new stall. Your tuner should be able to take care of all that. And they should have already disabled torque managment. If they havent they NEED to.
shane
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Originally Posted by Shane_S
It's in the tuning. idle will be chanced to a more normal setting now that youve got a higher stall in there. Also your shift points and such will need to be changed to take advantage of your new stall. Your tuner should be able to take care of all that. And they should have already disabled torque managment. If they havent they NEED to.
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My tuner feels it is a GOOD idea to leave TM on .... or at least not fully off. Something to do with its integration into traction controll.
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Originally Posted by Dirty Howie
Why do you say this??
My tuner feels it is a GOOD idea to leave TM on .... or at least not fully off. Something to do with its integration into traction controll.
DH
My tuner feels it is a GOOD idea to leave TM on .... or at least not fully off. Something to do with its integration into traction controll.
DH
I am not sure what would happen if I turned it off and launched, but the car is wicked quick now! When I see my tuner (March 11th) I am going to ask him about it. Appreciate the post!
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Originally Posted by Dirty Howie
Why do you say this??
My tuner feels it is a GOOD idea to leave TM on .... or at least not fully off. Something to do with its integration into traction controll.
DH
My tuner feels it is a GOOD idea to leave TM on .... or at least not fully off. Something to do with its integration into traction controll.
DH
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Think of torque management as being analogous to ABS but for the throttle input. Automated (semi-autonomous) control systems have this characteristic of modulating (including ignoring) operator input. You can imagine that active avoidance control is next - your steering wheel input will be ignored. 
mph1972, are you saying your idle characteristics were okay after your H/C and before your converter install and that it got flaky after the converter install? How much time was there between the two events? Your new converter is substantially lighter than the stocker and could have an impact on idle but I wouldn't really expect it to be jumpy/hunt. If they disconnected the battery or reprogrammed the PCM during your converter install it'll have to relearn fuel trims and idle but that should happen quickly and w/o any further reprogramming. If it doesn't, then whether or not your idle was stable before the converter install (and for how long) becomes important.
mph1972, are you saying your idle characteristics were okay after your H/C and before your converter install and that it got flaky after the converter install? How much time was there between the two events? Your new converter is substantially lighter than the stocker and could have an impact on idle but I wouldn't really expect it to be jumpy/hunt. If they disconnected the battery or reprogrammed the PCM during your converter install it'll have to relearn fuel trims and idle but that should happen quickly and w/o any further reprogramming. If it doesn't, then whether or not your idle was stable before the converter install (and for how long) becomes important.
Last edited by ToplessTexan; Mar 3, 2006 at 08:56 AM.
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Originally Posted by ToplessTexan
Think of torque management as being analogous to ABS but for the throttle input. Automated (semi-autonomous) control systems have this characteristic of modulating (including ignoring) operator input. You can imagine that active avoidance control is next - your steering wheel input will be ignored.
mph1972, are you saying your idle characteristics were okay after your H/C and before your converter install and that it got flaky after the converter install? How much time was there between the two events? Your new converter is substantially lighter than the stocker and could have an impact on idle but I wouldn't really expect it to be jumpy/hunt. If they disconnected the battery or reprogrammed the PCM during your converter install it'll have to relearn fuel trims and idle but that should happen quickly and w/o any further reprogramming. If it doesn't, then whether or not your idle was stable before the converter install (and for how long) becomes important.
mph1972, are you saying your idle characteristics were okay after your H/C and before your converter install and that it got flaky after the converter install? How much time was there between the two events? Your new converter is substantially lighter than the stocker and could have an impact on idle but I wouldn't really expect it to be jumpy/hunt. If they disconnected the battery or reprogrammed the PCM during your converter install it'll have to relearn fuel trims and idle but that should happen quickly and w/o any further reprogramming. If it doesn't, then whether or not your idle was stable before the converter install (and for how long) becomes important.
Thanks,
Micah