TSP 9.5" Street/Strip converters- Lifetime warrantee!

Bill, I know nothing about these Converters, except what I hear on this forum.
I don't know what to expect out of a converter on a daily driving situation or when I go WOT.
Have no idea what effect it has on gas mileage.

I have my Comp Cam Card on the sticky.
I'm sure it's a mild cam. Not sure that helps. I'm not going to replace it because I have spent a lot of time and $$$'s finally getting this engine in top running condition.

Besides, there are 9.5 inch and 12 inch. Which way do I go???
I'm not taking it to track, it's all street car. Vet

 

Comp Cams Custom

268H-10 (350), 5/83
(VET's Cam)218/231/112, 5/94

 

x2. Quite a novelty, but works great! Won't trade mine for a fixed-pitch just yet.

Devon

 

I got turned on to the SP because Duane had a post on his 69 Motion Skylark.
I believe it this car that has the SP, not sure. The way he describes the power take off is amazing. Before this, I never heard of a SP. LoL

 

Call Jim and give him your specs and info on your car. He will spec you the right one. It acts like a low stall until you give it power. Then it acts like a high stall.
It won't help your traction issue but will be tons of fun!

 

Ya, I was thinking about my traction issue. Hum, be more trouble than it's worth.

Write up what I have and see what Jim says. Thanks.

 

You need either a Switch Pitch transmission to start, or using a SP pump, adding a cup plug to the case and getting a SP converter, Stator solenoid and case "passthrough" connector for the wiring, and either modifying some switching, to control it with gas/brake pedal(s), a manual "on/off" switch or something like the "Bruce Roe" switch pitch controller.
And an external cooler, high stall operation builds a good bit of heat from fluid shearing in the converter.

It's more than the converter (but mostly it's the converter), if that makes sense.

 

O' man, everything you said is all Greek to me.
If I can't understand what i'am hearing, maybe I just need to forget about a JW conversion.

Guess I thought this was going to be a simple process? Guess not.
Thank you everyone for your advise and help.
Man my old 4-Speed was so much simpler. Lol

 

JW 9.5" would be a "bolt in" with your transmission. Going with a Switch Pitch was what all that monkey talk was about.

 

Ok, i'am easily confused.
No more Monkey business.
I kinda of figured the JW is the Touque converter install.

I've never been a fan of automatics. But, my car came with a Shift Kit (not advertised).
I'm really impressed with how fast the shifts are being made.
You can imagine, while drive slow and it shifts to 2nd, you get this jolt in your back, and your brain thinks, O' no, now I've got a problem and I just bought this car. LoL

 

We'll see how the traction improves with Mickey Thompson street slicks.
Also, the BFG Red line tires are now 10 years old (garage kept).
Also, I bet the rubber compound is hard to get high mileage out of the tires.
This is mostly why I can't get traction.

I had Cheater slicks on my old 56 Belair hot rod and never had a traction problem.