A 2,000-horsepower capable torque converter that will not super-heat your transmission fluid while traveling between dragstrips is the dream of every hardcore drag-and-drive competitor. Hughes Performance has the answer to this problem with a bolt-together Pro Series converter being shown at the 2022 Performance Racing Industry show. This new converter design offers a mechanical diode that can help lower transmission fluid temperatures by slowing stator speeds during low engine RPM on the street and highways.

The drag-and-drive racer can now worry less about a full-race torque converter while operating on the streets and highways.

Matthew Mobley from Hughes Performance offers input on their new development. “This converter is ready for those who make 2,000-plus horsepower. We now offer a new high-strength mechanical diode option that can control big power on the strip while offering the diode’s mechanical advantage as a type of one-way clutch.”

With the bolt-together Pro Series converter, a racer can explore interchanging different stators and other internal components in order to perfect their stall and lockup combinations. Hughes Performance offers anywhere from 11-blade up to 21-blade stators. The converter professionals can also modify the blade angle of stators from 28 to 50 degrees, in 1/2-degree increments.

“With the extreme power adders used to win a drag-and-drive series, the racers can easily go ahead and pull apart this converter,” adds Mobley. “This bolt-together casing can service different components while interchanging the same hardware to tune the converter’s characteristics to get the most during their dragstrip passes.”

Hughes Performance has now developed a way for a race car to have dual personalities between the street and strip. The double-duty from one torque converter provides dragstrip strength and stall capabilities while also allowing it to operate much cooler during trips on the road.