The 3-D flow field inside an automotive torque converter was measured using laser velocimetiy. For the tests, a torque converter completely machined from Plexiglas was operated at the 0.065 and 0.800 ...

If you’ve ever driven a vehicle equipped with an automatic transmission, chances are good you’ve been in command of a torque converter. At the risk of oversimplification, a torque converter transfers ...

Torque converters appear to be a bunch of mysterious whirlwind motion inside a spinning shell that transmits an engine’s power to the transmission and rear wheels. Although they seem complex, torque ...

With or without a clutch pedal, all cars have three elements that make up their performance combination: the car's weight, horsepower, and gear ratios. When a torque converter is added in place of a ...

If there were a vote for the most misunderstood automotive component, we're willing to bet the automatic transmission would rank pretty high, and the torque converter itself possibly higher still. OK, ...

For straight line guys, spending hundreds of dollars on something that doesn't give you any extra horsepower doesn't exactly seem like a good deal. Even a federal bean counter could figure that one ...