reversing a torque converter 1

[rictek]

I don't know why but, I woke up this morning with this puzzle on my mind. What components would need to change if you drove an automatic transmission the opposite way?

I think all car engines turn clockwise and most trans have an overrunning cluch. Except for the sprag, would the converter work or are the vanes going the wrong direction?

 

[ddmtrans]

The Chevrolet Corvair engines all rotated counterclockwise. As does every Honda auto engine that I have checked. The Corvair used basically the same Powerglide as other GM products, though because of the concentric input shaft driving the front (futhest from the engine) end of the transmission the torque converter is the only part of the transmission to rotate counterclockwise. To the best of my recollection the pump, turbine, and stator vanes are all mirror image to the conventional Powerglide.

 

[rictek]

OK, I looked at a Corvair trans today and confirmed the rotation. The regular clockwise rotating powerglide came with several diferent sizes of converter but I was told the Opal or Vega came with an 8 inch. Did the Corvair ever come with an 8 inch converter? Any guess to the stock stall speed?
I think the next step get a stock core and reverse engineer it into a CAD drawing. Maybe find someone with a fero arm?
I heard ATI bought all the tooling so they could make race converters.

 

[cliffben]

this is my first post i trust that it goes to the right forum. i was folowing the conversation about a reverse rotation auto tranny. has anyone found a solution?