torque converter

351ford · Oct 18, 2005

has anybody had any problems with hughes torque converters?? someone told me that hughes is junk. im looking at them because they are a little bit cheaper than b&m or TCI, the guy that said they are junk recomened a local shop that makes them but they are waaaay to expensive(>$600) for something around 3200 stall. any other recomendations or is hughes performance fine?

iskwezm · Oct 19, 2005

I had a Hughes 3000 that worked fine for years

jerry S · Oct 19, 2005

351ford said:
has anybody had any problems with hughes torque converters?? someone told me that hughes is junk. im looking at them because they are a little bit cheaper than b&m or TCI, the guy that said they are junk recomened a local shop that makes them but they are waaaay to expensive(>$600) for something around 3200 stall. any other recomendations or is hughes performance fine?

allow me to demonstrate my ignorance; I have never heard of Hughes. Having said that, I have heard of Edge from guys who do a lot of racing and they swear by them.

http://www.edgeracingconverters.com/

302 coupe · Oct 19, 2005

more often than not, you get what you pay for when it comes to converters. There is a good reason why some converters cost $200 more than others. I'd be suspect of anything that costs less than a B&M or TCI, as they are already on the cheap end of the scale. I run an ATI converter, it cost about $440 but its worth every penny.

57fairlane · Oct 19, 2005

jerry S said:
allow me to demonstrate my ignorance; I have never heard of Hughes. Having said that, I have heard of Edge from guys who do a lot of racing and they swear by them.

http://www.edgeracingconverters.com/

Edge makes some very good quality converters. I am 100% happy with them. Add to the fact all of them are custom built . . .

351ford · Oct 19, 2005

hey guys thatks alot for that,, i never even heard of edge or ati before, ill definitaly contact them, thier prices arnt even that bad!

thehueypilot · Oct 19, 2005

I'm taking a trip tomorrow to PTC torque converters (www.ptcrace.com) to have my torque converter re-flashed for a higher stall. The owners are former engineers from TCI. They come highly recommended by a lot of good racers around here. Instead of paying $650 for a new converter it should only cost me $150 to have mine rebuilt for a higher stall.

ForceFed70 · Oct 19, 2005

thehueypilot said:
I'm taking a trip tomorrow to PTC torque converters (bough) to have my torque converter re-flashed for a higher stall. The owners are former engineers from TCI. They come highly recommended by a lot of good racers around here. Instead of paying $650 for a new converter it should only cost me $150 to have mine rebuilt for a higher stall.

So PTC (Performance Technology Converters) is a good brand? I bought my TQ through a local tramsmission shop who supposedly had it custom made and brought in. The price wasn't bad and they had the TQ in within a couple of weeks so I just figured they had one sitting in a warehouse somewhere. Performance converters for an FMX arn't all that easy to come by.

Either way, mine's been working great for about 4 years now.

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