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?
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iskwezm
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jerry S
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351ford 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/
302 coupe
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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.
thehueypilot
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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.
thehueypilot said:
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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