Re: torque converters (clarification)

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• Subject: Re: torque converters (clarification)
• From: smith-at-email.mannheim.army.mil
• Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 22:47:29 +0000
• Subscriber: smith-at-email.mannheim.army.mil Sun Jan 5 20:57:14 1997

> I was thinking of getting a hack saw and cuttig around the periphery so it
> could be gutted and therefore lightened.
> 
> Chip

Chip,

           I wouldn't suggest trying to hacksaw a torque converter in 
half. They are made with hardened steel and would take forever. Try 
going to a local trans shop and ask them if they have any burnt 
converters that they have already seperated. They will probely just 
give you the shell. Then just weld the halves together and grind down 
the high points. You are probley going to need real hot welder 
because of the material the shell is made of
 Make sure you use a Chevy!:-) Also, the impeller 
inside is made from a high Q hardened steel to withstand great heat 
and pressure. A possible canidate for a rotary gap???


                                                            
Bryan

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