[ROVERNET - UK] sd1 borg-warner 65 torque converter question

David Sheuring rovertcv8 at yahoo.com
Tue Apr 1 22:07:13 BST 2008


My first thought is the kickdown cable. That will
change the performance of the car completely. If the
unit worked fine before than by the installation of
the unit into the newer car, I am sure that you have
changed the cable connection.
Hope that helps.
David
--- doug gruber <dgruber at i2k.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> I need to know if it is possible to bench test a
> removed torque 
> converter from a borg warner 65 trans?  My son ran a
> stall test 
> following the instructions in his manual and it
> indicated a possible 
> stator slip problem.
> 
> Here is the history of his project.  He is a 15 year
> old with some 
> wrenching experience.  His uncle gave him an SD1
> with an additional 
> low-mileage engine.  His task was to pull the
> original engine and 
> replace it with the lower mileage engine.  He did
> the swap, bolted the 
> flywheel and torque converter to the newer engine,
> but the flywheel 
> plate bolt heads did not clear the lower portion of
> the block.  He and I 
> have verified that the newer block does have two
> recessed sections that 
> are 1/8" thicker than the older block and therefore
> extend toward the 
> bellhousing and get in the way of the bolt heads
> trying to pass that area.
> 
> Rather than file away this small amount of the
> extending surface, he 
> followed someone's advice and placed the flywheel's
> reinforcement plate 
> on the opposite side of the flywheel.  This plate,
> mating with the 
> existing spacer, put the flywheel 1/8" toward the
> transmission and 
> allowed the bolt heads to clear the offending
> surface.
> He put everything back together, he started and then
> tuned the engine, 
> but when he took it out for a test drive the
> transmission did not 
> accelerate the car properly. This lead to the stall
> test and the idea 
> about the stator problem.  Could the stator have
> been damaged by the 
> flywheel and torque converter being placed this 1/8"
> closer to the 
> transmission and possibly causing too much pressure?
> 
> By the way, the transmission worked properly with
> the other engine 
> before the swap was performed, and my son and his 17
> year old SD1 owning 
> older brother both say that there is nothing wrong
> with newer engine.
> 
> Also, we are in the market for a bw 65 trans and
> torque converter.
> 
> Thanks,
> Doug
> 
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