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7.3 Aftermarket
4r100, whats your opinion
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[QUOTE="Racer X, post: 215105, member: 1934"] :whs: We have seen a few of the $349 billet triple disc converters after they failed. They fail catastrophically, one of the same types of failures the stock converter design suffers from. When they fail catastrophically, they fly apart internally. All internal converter parts grind each other up into metal grit. When this particular type of converter failure occurs it's fatal for the entire transmission. The metal grit enters the transmission and grinds up hard parts, clutches, bearings etc. It's the same as putting sand in the fluid or in your engine oil would be. Steve at Magic Smoke Performance had 3 of these fail in 2 years. Over 2 1/2 years ago he bought our Eagle X6TC Triple Disc Billet Converter. It's still going strong over 60,000 miles later in his 500 hp truck. The $349 billet triple disc converter is a stock converter with the stock cover cut off. Then a thin cover made of 1020 mild steel and billet alloy is welded on. Billet alloy is not the same strength as full billet steel at all. The heat from re-welding warps the re-assembled converter. The same catastropic failure prone internal parts are re-used. The material lost from cutting it open and warp from re-welding it creates some problems. Accurate rebalancing is impossible and contamination from cutting gets inside. Aftermarket converters are built oversized and are much heavier. Our Eagle Series Torque Converters are full billet plate and have survived flywheel shatter, broken shafts, drums and gearsets. :) [/QUOTE]
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