Very interesting Aubrey. Thanks for your insight on that. That could
have been a show stopper. Yes I think a torque converter might work.
Usually they have a stall speed around 2000 RPM but maybe they
will work with way less fluid in the 6000 to 7000 RPM range.
Of course I know people that cut them apart and modify them.
Perhaps some of the fins could be removed to up the stall speed
drastically.


Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.



Water being far less viscous than ATF, the stall speed may be much higher
without modification - true ?

-dave

I think the density of the fluid may be more important than its
viscosity.  A torque converter is sort of an inertial device with one
wheel slinging fluid at the fins on the other wheel isn't it?  Water may
give a lower stall speed, since it is a little more dense than the ATF.
I'll go down to  the transmission shop tomorrow and take a closer look
at some of the converters.

Aubrey


Also Aubrey please get his opinion on Ford verses Chrysler planetaries.

Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

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