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Old 02-09-2007, 08:42 PM
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This thing is loose! I had a vigi 3200 in the past that gave up zero in drivability in my opinion compared to stock. The vigi 3600 feels quite a lot looser. I have only gone about 2 miles on it since I installed it. Man, the install on jack stands was hell. Probably 8 hours all together. I was meticulous about the routing of wires, etc.

Anyway, I installed MT street radials at the same time while it was on jack stands. I want to heat cycle the car a couple more times, and check the fluid level before going WOT. I'm not sure I could recommend this converter for a daily driver. It would be a bit of a compromise for me to daily drive the car with this converter. I am sitting around 2800 rpms to take off from a light at a normal speed. This car is not my daily driver so I am not really bothered by that one bit. I hope for low 1.6's 60 ft as is.

I will have times from it soon!
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That is probably due to the Vigilante converters being more loose than other brands. Your 3600 will likely flash to 4000 or maybe even a little higher depending on your weight and power. So in essence you have a 4000 stall
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Yea, I expected that. I just thought I would post some feedback for people.
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Originally Posted by BlackHawk T/A
That is probably due to the Vigilante converters being more loose than other brands.
really? i was under the impression that vigilante was one of the tighter converters. when i think of loose converters, i think of TCI and fuddle. i've always understood that vigilante was on the same quality level as yank along with the same streetability.
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My Vig3600 was way too loose too. Would flash at 4000 maybe 4200. Was no fun at all to drive in the city especially with a Borla exhaust sans cats needing to rev it up to get it to start moving - raspy and annoying. Rearend is 3.73.

I sent it back and restalled at 3000.

Am replacing with a Yank PY3400 which I am told is much tighter in city driving but will still perform great behind my D1SC ATI.

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I love my 3600.. flashes to over 4000K on sticky tires. thats with 2.73 gears too but this vig is much tighter and has a solid lockup compared to the Fuddle 3400 that I had.
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Cant wait for my yank ss4000! Being built as we speak!
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my Vig 32-3400 (it's in that range, asked for a 3400) is super tight, I can run from a stop at 2500rpm and out run all traffic, i had a TCI 3400 SSF in here prior and even though at WOT they feel identical, the Vig is 100x better for driving around town, and rememember I have 1200+lbs on you guys.. I was told by Jack the stator and other internals they use is the reason it's so much more drivable at low rpm's compared to other brands... I have also driven a yankSS3600 and it was (as expected) looser than this..
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Originally Posted by ChocoTaco369
really? i was under the impression that vigilante was one of the tighter converters. when i think of loose converters, i think of TCI and fuddle. i've always understood that vigilante was on the same quality level as yank along with the same streetability.
How loose a converter is has nothing to do with the quality. He is just saying a vig 3600 is going to flash 4k, a 3200 to 3600, etc.

I've got no complaints with this converter after some more driving with it today. I will get use to the higher stall during driving, but I think it will effect gas mileage quite a bit. Not being my daily driver I think this was the perfect choice for me. I will know for sure once I hit the track.
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whats the STR on this stall???

vigs arent "looser" persay, more like they underrate their stall speeds

also vig 3200 has seen 1.6 60's so get your susp set & some good meat hooks under there, remove some weight and get some sub 1.5's
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Yeh I think you will loose some mpg's. I just put in my fuddle 3800 last week. and it is pretty loose also. my mpg's went from 15mpg's. to around 12-13mpg's...
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thats why im leaning towards a vig 3200 stall!! i was told by most of the sponsors to run the vigilante since my car is a street car!! its never gonna see the track.




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