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Old 09-09-2004, 08:46 PM
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Default Please help me pick a stall converter!

I need help, I have been researching this forever now, but I just want to buy one!!!

I am definatly getting a yank.

Is a ST3500 a good converter to buy? Should I spend 900 dollars and get a new SS3600 or SS3800? I have a friend that wants to sell me his ST3500 with low miles for really cheap but I want someone to tell me that it would be a good converter for me to get for reassurance.

I have these mods: and go to the track every other week. I want SPEED!!! But I do not want my drivability to suck. If I frown every time I have to drive around town I wont be happy. Dont care that much about gas milage though...

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3.73 Gears, Hooker Longtube Headers with ORY, Electric cutout, Lid, Bellows, BFG Drag Radials, Bilstien Shocks, Eibach Pro kit, Cold Air Hood, FRA Mod, EGR Mod...

Please help me! I want the ST3500 so bad but I want someone to tell me that they would recommend it so that it will ease my mind.
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tci super streetfighter 3500. check sig for times. great for daily duty too, at least i think so
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Read my post, I only want a YANK.

I am wanting opinions on the ST3500 and whether or not I should get it. I can get the ST3500 for 300 dollars, or I can pay 900 plus shipping for a new SS3600 or SS3800 from yank.

Thanks guys
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Need some opinions please
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ST 3500 was a great converter. Some of them developed shudder because the clutch material would glaze. So there is a risk that could happen. You might call Yank and discuss whether they have a new clutch material. $300 for the converter, $200 for the clutch R&R and you'd have an awesome converter for $500.
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Originally Posted by Nsty98LS1
tci super streetfighter 3500. check sig for times. great for daily duty too, at least i think so
Understand you are sold on Yank, but if that changes... I echo what Nsty98LS1 said.
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Yeah, I mainly just want feedback on the ST3500
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I have the ST3500 and love it! Launches like a ****.
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well i was going to suggest a ssf 3500. happy hunting.
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I was all about getting a yank too. After three months and then them telling me they never got my order kind of pissed me off. The shop I ordered from showed me the emails they sent them. I could never get them to answer thier phone. Plus I've read lots of posts about there bad customer service. They may have the best converters but I decided I didn't want to deal with that crap. From my research I decided the SS3800 is the best for my setup. I went with a PI Vigilante 3800 (closest thing I could find to the SS3800) and just drove it for the first time today. I think it would drive about the same as the SS3800. It is not too high of a stall to drive daily. It feels way different but not untolerable. I can still drive with my cutout open and I have long tubes. You have to excelerate a lot slower to not wake up the neiborhood. Or you can go about 75% throttle and get it to lock up real quick. It seems like it locks up around 36mph. I know this isn't the exact converter your looking at but I figured it might give you an idea what the SS3800 might drive like. Good luck with your choice.
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Thanks for the feedback, I think im gonna get the ST3500. Any objections anyone?
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I had a friend run a 11.21 @ 12x with a ST3500. its a great converter. He'd definately recomend it. It runs 11.6 on motor. Just make sure your friend had no lockup trouble.
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you dont need us to tell you if we like that converter or not.... sounds to me like your allready sold on it
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Just get it off to Yank for a restall and re-fresh
The new ss coverters are great.
I have the sy3500 streetability has been great with 3.42
Remember ,there will always be a better converter coming out from Yank .
Pro stock soon.............
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I am not sold on anything. I am actually thinking about getting a TCI now because I decided that I diddnt want a converter with as many miles as the one I was going to buy.

Which TCI should I get for the best drivability/street performance/track performance. I want it to pull like a **** but not feel like a dragcar untill I slam on the gas.
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Originally Posted by t1blackout
Which TCI should I get for the best drivability/street performance/track performance. I want it to pull like a **** but not feel like a dragcar untill I slam on the gas.
the ssf 3500... it's an awsome converter for the price. we just did a GP on here a few months ago, and i havent heard a problem from any of them...

i cruise the highway at about 2 rpm, the same as before i had the converter installed. when you get on it, it wakes up.
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I've got the Yank SY3500 with no regrets. It's my daily driver and does well around town and interstate. When I want more, I just put it to the firewall and go no complaints here.




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