I finally got the Torque Converter installed and like the OP said, it was a bit sluggish at first. However now that I have about two thousand miles on it, it defiantly functions as well as Wayne told me on the phone. I also installed the valve body portion of the Transgo kit and the shifts are more firm. Briefly, I had destroyed my transmission at around 123,000 miles, found a deal on a low mileage 42RLE out of an 05 Liberty for $325.00, got a $600 quote for a shop to install just the shift kit, walked away from there quickly. Then after looking over the directions I felt I could install the valve body portion myself. Fortunately it turned out to be fairly simple and was installed in less than an hour on my workbench in the garage. I'm glad I didn't have to do it while lying under the Jeep, but I think it wouldn't have been a problem. When the torque converter arrived I took the jeep to a local shop and had the transmissions swapped for $500. The stealership wanted $3600 (though that's with motor mounts)! Since Wayne did advise me that the torque converter takes about 5 thousand miles to break in I wasn't concerned about the sluggishness, and now it works very well. I am very pleased with the upgrades.
42RLE $325.00 Stealership $3,600.00
Transgo 25.00
APS TC 460.00
Install 500.00
Total $1,310.00