blkZ28spt

Help me decide which one I should get.......I have some bolt ons, full exhaust, 3.23's, nitto DR, and will eventually have H/C minimum. Which one will work better for me on the STREET. Might get to strip from time to time but doing this primarily for street driving. Daily driver. They stall at same speed but I am thinking that the near stock STR of the SY3500 will be much easier to hook up with on the street using nittos than the TCI's 2.5 and I know it's still capable of pulling some nice 60 foot times. I would just get the Yank but holy crap it's $300 more and most everybody seems to love their TCI SSF3500 and $300 more is a bit of a difference.......those with one are you totally happy with it on the street? Which should I get?

calongo_SS

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I have the TCI and have no complaints other than Torque Managment & some missfires at idle. This will be taken care of with a tune sooner or later. Overall I like the converter.

RPM WS6

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I have a SY3500. Had it 3+ years, still love it and would buy it again. My best 60 foot was 1.69, at the time I had bolt-ons, some suspension stuff, and BFG DRs, but that was a fluke. Normal 60s are in the 1.75 range with perfect traction.

On the street with street tires, SY3500/SY4000 are great. Good tires and proper launching will get you basically 90-95% traction on good street tires in the warmer weather.

01Z0H6

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I too have the Yank SY3500 with 323's.
5K later it still feels as good as it did new.
Oh, FWIW, i have 141K on the stock tranny......
these are Very good Converters... IMO..

Ragtop 99

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For street, the SY 3500 + 3.23s + nittos makes for an awesome stoplight racing combination. For track use, the low STR of the SY will cost you in the 60', but on the street it makes it pretty easy to get an awesome launch even with your tires at normal pressure and no burnout. I'm sure you can learn to launch the TCI, but the SY is easy from day one to master.

blkZ28spt

That's kind of what I am thinking will come in handy. Then i don't have to worry as much about nothing but a smoke show in first gear and I should be able to get a little more life out of my tires possibly as well. Plus the lower STR should help to lower my loss on the top end with better efficiency.....just not sure it's worth the $350

ActionJack

I have been researching as well and it has come down to a Yank 3200 or TCI 3200. The price is definitly an issue and if I am to pay more I EXPECT more. The thing is I read allot of TCI with no real complaints. But with Yank they either Love it or Hate it and makes be wonder if it is a crap shoot.

A recent thread I have been watching is https://ls1tech.com/forums/automatic-transmission/160913-new-yank-converters-warrantied-we-have-problem.html
may be worth a look before you decide.

samz28

tci ssf 3500 with nitto drag radials. Great combo for a bolton (no cam) car. works friggen great. i've found if you are going to go cam,heads you Need to go larger than 3500

skimms98

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TCI SSF3500 here....I can't believe I ever lived without it. Got it from Texas Speed & Perf on sale near the 1st of the year. I run 315's so street traction wasn't a big problem until I did headers & off road. Now it blows the Sumitomos off easily on anything more than half throttle, but from a roll? It's the heat....for sure. I'm putting nittos on today as we speak and then we'll see about those 1.90 sixty foots I was cutting..heh heh

Cliff notes? get the TCI, for $479 on sale I couldn't beat it...ever.

blkZ28spt

TCI SSF3500 scheduled installation on June 9th

yellowls1truck

TCI all the way. Great converters, great price, great customer service.

Cheatin' Chad

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My final choice came down to an SY3500 and a TCI SSF3500. I chose the TCI because I wanted the higher STR and lower price (almost half the price of the Yank). The TCI launches well on the street with BFG DRs and some practice.

blkZ28spt

Yeah, the price ($530 or less if you get a good deal/sale/etc) is really nice and I am sure it performs really well. Plus it does seem as if there have been a lot more people with issues with other companies and not TCI. Hell, Colonel likes it that's good enough for me

99SSragtop

Im on the road to a TCI 3500

RPM WS6

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As far as these "issues" everyone is mentioning with Yank, they really don't apply to the SY series. They are a very solid 'verter that's been out for many years. Sure, there might be fluke issues with any product, but the SY3500 has no common issues. I know guys with almost 50K miles on SY3500s and not a single issue. IMO, they have stock like reliability. Mine has been perfect for well over 3 years.

If you're going to use DRs and 3.23s then you might get away with 2.5 STR on the street with pratice, but if you are sticking to a Z rated regular street tire I doubt you'll gain anything using a 2.5 STR over a SY3500 on launch except more wheel spin and a closer relationship with your tire dealer. Proper traction is the only way to take advantage of a high STR.

01Z0H6

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Ya get what ya pay for!!

Good luck on your decision..

JNorris

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I could not have said it better!

John

JNorris

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You do with TCI!


John

JNorris

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I agree with what you are saying. But the "issues" IMO based on first hand experience and from what I have read in this forum are with the company (customer service) not so much the product.

John

C_B64

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I have the TCI SSF 3500, If I would have know it helped my car like it did, I would have bought it before the nitrous.......