Bruno assitance

bruno brake clamps like no tomorrow. converter drives the car from the get go - very hard to hold it on the brakes.

set up at idle with 160 psi on the bruno

 

its quite possible that the pressure is too high.... Whats the rest of the combination ? Convertor , motor , power adder , gear ratios ?

 

lucky devil: hemi, chance, psiD. b&j 3 speed

mike. rpm I read the 160 pressue at was 2-2200. adjusted in and out appeared to not change. came up as I added more 10 wt hydraulic fluid. been running this wt for years.

pulled the dual pressure unit apart found there was some co2 rusty scale in the Tee valves, cleaned this up checked pressure only after this action. read perfect at 250 lb to the bruno

I had converter checked locally as this is the 2nd time hard to hold like this since we fitted a steel stator. we have rebuilt the converter and never had an issue prior to this when running the aluminum stator, changed as ali one mushroomed really bad

its possibly now 1 of is 2 things: 1 air pressure too high and oil pressure too much.

1st burnout after the converter was checked out it was back to normal - i was able to hold car on wheel brakes. after that it was hard as to hold.

Just drained bruno oil. not smelly = not burnt

no grid. it failed to allow the engine to start so run without it - havent used it for > 4 years now

 

Just to clarify -the transbrake has never slipped, the last 2 outings ( since grinding the drum and fitting a new band ) all of a sudden it now works too good. when applied it locks on and stops the car in its tracks, I mean - with a jolt, release the button and its go again. Its like the transbrake is too perfect.

I do like your views on Redline. And replace the grid.

Im yet to test transbrake since cleaning out the co2 dual valve unit

 

TB locks car solid - TB applied to shift the lever for forward / reverse. So no speed when this action took place. Band is perfect.

With TB off holding car on wheel brakes as I come into stage or backing back is very hard, car is driving like the converter has absolutely no slippage. Converter was adjusted recently which worked only once after. next pass it went back to difficult to hold on wheel brakes.

When I found it difficult to hold on WB I flashed on the TB. This is when I discovered car jolt to a sudden stop.

Hope this helps

 

Sounds like too much pressure to the Converter... Whats Bruno say?

 

Your saying the converter appears to be too tight like when your foots on the brakes and about to pull into the lights? You also said the converter has been worked on recently. Is it possible the spray (diode) went in the wrong way? That will tighten a converter waaaayyyy up. A broken sprag (diode) will tighten the converter up also.

 

rb0804 this makes sense, as this has only happened since switching out the aluminium stator for a steel one.