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Old 04-28-2013, 05:59 PM
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Default Fti 3800 hard hit or yank ss3600

Which converter will hit harder and yield better track times?

The yank 3600 stall with a 2.5 STR?

Or the FTI 3800 Hard Hit with a 2.35 STR?
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Id go with the fti between the two.
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Originally Posted by lemons12
Id go with the fti between the two.
can you elaborate on why? lol
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From what I have seen fti makes a better performing converter.

Iirc they also build to order instead of an off the shelf kind of deal.
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FTI 3800 "regular" would be more streetable. HH is more race oriented. Both perform. I think the HH is more like a PT series and the regular is more like the SS in terms of "looseness."

I'd go FTI...
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I went with the FTI 3800 hard hit and am very happy with it.
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Originally Posted by jakemussman
I went with the FTI 3800 hard hit and am very happy with it.
what kind of 60 foots have u pulled man? Is it loose on the street? I really liked how my old SS3600 was loose on the street. it would jerk a lot.
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I have a custom spec'ed FTI 3600 2.35 STR, very streetable with 2.73 gears.
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I have a yank 3600ss and its a nice convertor but I plan on sending it to FTI eventually to be rebuilt and changed to a 4k convertor. I would definitely go with FTI!
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Originally Posted by SF 1HOTLS1
what kind of 60 foots have u pulled man? Is it loose on the street? I really liked how my old SS3600 was loose on the street. it would jerk a lot.
I would not consider the SS3600 to be loose at all really. It's much tighter than any other brand aftermarket stall I've experienced.
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fti 3800 regular is what i got and love....
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FTI To the front!
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Originally Posted by low2001gmc
fti 3800 regular is what i got and love....
That's a badass truck in your avatar.
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Which FTI converter are you guys spraying with about a 175-200 shot? Or what do you think is best.
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You can spray any of FTI's billet converters for the most part, but when you order Greg will custom make one and assign it a name if it doesn't exist already or isn't off the shelf known. For example in my case I was leaning towards an SRLS0086 because it was a 3600 stall with a 1.78 STR so it's easier on the tires and more efficient up top but with 2.73 gears it would be kinda loose so I wanted something that would tighten it up a little bit for daily driving. Greg made an SRLS3391 for me, a ~3600 stall with 2.35 STR. Drives almost like stock to me.

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