Nitrous cracking a stall converter?!

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zZsKyZz

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I just got off the phone with the guy who built my transmission and he told me that it's possible that a 100 shot of nitrous could be the cause of my converter cracking? Is that even possible? I understand that it gains more pressure when it's hit, but you guys with the superchargers/turbos/ or that are spraying like me:

Have you ever heard of this or had this problem?!

It kinda seems like a load of to me...

Plus, I know that most of you guys that are spraying here are running the stock trans and haven't had a problem yet... Is it just me or do all mechanics love to blame nitrous as the cause of all problems?!

 

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buddy of mine has a fairly hairy B.O.P. 400 in his 80 T/A that was a factory 301 and th350...he still has the factory th350 trans with a stall and put a 150shot on the 400 (cast pistons too ).

Well he pulled the studs out of the B&M verter with it... I could see the added force narfing up a ???-nable verter, if it was a good aftermarket unit I would be making some calls.

 

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Nitrous is a shock power. So it is possible but you definetally don't hear about it very much.

 

N8Miller

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is that a new stall converter that he installed when he did the trans for you or the stock one?

what are you gonna do?

 

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N8Miller said:

is that a new stall converter that he installed when he did the trans for you or the stock one?

what are you gonna do?

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Yeah, it's the new converter.. If worse comes to worse I have a stock converter that I can use for a while [I don't have $600 for a new converter atm]...

Update: He took it apart and says a seal broke and it needs a seal and bushing... So that's good

We'll see what it's gunna be tomorrow i guess

 

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Do you have a brand name? Any 3,000 converter SHOULD have anti-ballooning plates in them. I don't think a small 100 shot would do anything to even a stock converter. I still have my stocker sitting in my garage. I ran the 125 shot on it and hit it from a dead idle.

 

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If the converter cracked something was wrong with it. The nitrous might destroy the lockup clutch or one way clutch, but it should not crack the cover. Could be a fluke bad cover. Or the lockup clutch could have been fried rubbing metal to metal eating the cover thin. How much metal is in the transmission pan?
Alan