Ok as I'm sure some of you read in my other thread I'm on the quest for building my auto, and maybe swapping it for a better one. My objectives are reliability, quality, fast ****s, and durability, I won't be boosting more than 15-16PSI... someone said that to high of a high stall TC would make the car lurch foward. Can some of you further elaborate that for me? What do you mean lurch forward, between changing gears? Will my idle change, what would be some advantages, if that's the case then I will keep my current TC the OEM one since I will be obviously parking in tight spaces and what not since I live in the city. Thanks...

 

Your idle would definately change -- that's the whole point of a high stall TC. It lets the engine idle higher, so you're able to use more power right away (or something like that). Lurching forward would be, for instance, taking your foot off the brake and having more force driving you forward than when your idle is normal. (Think about traffic jams, and how you'd usually handle driving in them by letting the cars idle pull you to the next stopping point...with the TC, you'd be going faster in between stops.) Gas economy would probably go down (idling at 3k instead of 700 rpm's)...
I don't know, swap a 5 spd. for all this trouble. I don't know exactly what your goals are, so this is the best info so far.
By the way, if anyone has found anything wrong in this post, just post otherwise.

 

Also, boost braking/power braking would achieve primarily the same thing (I think).

 

Wow forget the high stall TC then, I will just brake torque when I'm racing or spirited driving, thanks man

 

Before you make a definitive desicion, hopefully others will chime in. I'm not necessarily an expert on the subject, I drive a manual. Good luck with whatever you do, but the above is just what I understood the High stall TC to do.

 

TopElement got it right, stock stall is 2200rpm, i have 2900rpm stall, idle does not change, from a standstill, u will need to gas it a little more to get going, yes fuel mileage went down 2

 

I agree, people that aren't informed need not apply, and I'm the person who stated it would lurch foward, and I maybe should not have replied

Maybe not in a Maxima, but I've seen high torque RWD's suffer this lurching effect.

 

Thank you for correcting me....I "learned" from others who were spreading bad info (not necessarily on this forum). It seems to me that a high stall torque converter is one of the most misunderstood mods out there. Sorry about the confusion. Looks like its a good idea then, as long as the price is alright.

 

For the record, I felt I was informed, which is why I thought is was alright that I replied to the question, however, somewhere along the line I, too, recieved the wrong info. It's easy to do on the internet.