Anyone heard of TCS Torque Converters?

Rocketman said:

I just purchased an aftermarket torque converter from West Coast Racing Converters.

I wrote an article about them if your interested.

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StratGT said:

Are you saying the product is bad, or you just venting at the guy. Since we're both in Canada, do you recommend anyone's product here north of the border.

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Nick03gt said:

Hey where do you guys from canada buy your parts from? or do you just order over the net and pay shiping?

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TGJ said:

Both, I know that product will not consistently hold a Locked up WOT shift. Here he is again advertising this product that he has but has not even installed it yet.

There are decent TC's out there to get, but I don't know any from our side of the border, they are all in the US.[/QUOTE

I doubt you have anything to back up what you just said.

I watched while they built mine and was assured they are more than capable of holding fully locked at any WOT application. All his custom race converters are built to withstand racing environments.

I suggest you call or e-mail Bill at West Coast Racing Converters.

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Rocketman said:

TGJ said:

Both, I know that product will not consistently hold a Locked up WOT shift. Here he is again advertising this product that he has but has not even installed it yet.

There are decent TC's out there to get, but I don't know any from our side of the border, they are all in the US.[/QUOTE

I doubt you have anything to back up what you just said.

I watched while they built mine and was assured they are more than capable of holding fully locked at any WOT application. All his custom race converters are built to withstand racing environments.

I suggest you call or e-mail Bill at West Coast Racing Converters.

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You have his converter, is it installed? Last I heard you don't and you are telling people how great it is. How the hell do you know how good it is when you don't even have it installed?

When I bought my TC about 1.5 years ago now, I talked to West Coast Racing Converters as I almost bought one. I may even have those emails stored away. There is a few reasons why I don't have a WCRC TC in my car.

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03ghoststang said:

i have been debating the question on what company i should get my TC from i already know the stall i want somewhere around 2800-3200 RPM but dont know where to get one from

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StratGT said:

I've done some research here and on other boards and the name Dirtdog pops up eveywhere but with no contact info.

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Dark Knight GT said:

First, I think a few things need to be pointed out here.

I have a Precision Industries Stallion single disk torque converter w/ 3000 stall. Its been in there for about two years now, but I do believe I'm having problems with the clutch plate slipping. From what I've been reading, I'm not the only one with this problem.

I've been informed by numerous people that the problem wtih single disk torque converters is they can't stay locked during WOT shifts, because 1 disk doesn't have enough strength to do it, and therefore, they burn out prematurely if used in this fashion.

I think this is a bit misleading. Here is why I say this.

For many years, guys with all different race type vehicles have been running 500-600hp through single disk torque converters without any problems. Yet, here we have a few bolt-on wonders(me included) who are blowing our single disks out by locking them up at WOT with WAY less than any 500hp. If you ask me, I think there must be either a flaw design in the clutch plates these torque converter companies are using, or, its a line pressure feed problem that is specific to the 4r70w transmissions. As a matter of fact, the latter is what Bill at WCC suggested to me when I spoke with him over the phone a couple weeks ago. After considering what he said, and considering what I know about the problems people have been having with these 4r70w torque converters, that is very much a strong possibility.

Remember, it doesn't matter if you're running a single disk, or a 10 disk torque converter. If that converter clutch does not recieve enough line pressure feed, it will burn out every clutch plate you have, despite what they're made of and despite how many you have. So, if there is a line pressure feed problem, that needs addressed before the issue of "multi disk" vs. "Single disk" needs to be addressed.

As for other torque converter companies, there are numerous companies out there. I'll give you a list of some

Precision Industries
Lentech
Pro Torque
Circle D Specialties
Level 10
Performance Automotive Interceptor/Dominator torque converters
Spec-Rite torque converters
West Coast Converters
Victoria automatic Torque converters
TCI automotive
Bauman engineering
B&M
Howards Torque

Then there is Dirtyd0g, but I don't know much about his converters.

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Dark Knight GT said:

If you ask me, I think there must be either a flaw design in the clutch plates these torque converter companies are using, or, its a line pressure feed problem that is specific to the 4r70w transmissions. As a matter of fact, the latter is what Bill at WCC suggested to me when I spoke with him over the phone a couple weeks ago. After considering what he said, and considering what I know about the problems people have been having with these 4r70w torque converters, that is very much a strong possibility.

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TGJ said:

So Edge is blaming the 4R70W for his failed TC's?

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