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Old 02-09-2005, 05:50 PM
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Question Questions on A4 for street race, Please....

My friend has camaro SS 99 A4, and when he bought H/C package he wants that he strengthens the Transmission, the car for street race also he have T/A cover with 3.43 ratio. How we can choose the converter for street?? What about the rest of the stuffs?? like TransGo, Cooler, SHIFT IMPROVER, Deep Transmission Pan, Flexplate, Converter, ....etc. Do i need the Flexplate??

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Old 02-09-2005, 05:56 PM
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The right stall is going to depend on the h/c setup. I would say no smaller than 3500. Get a cooler (the bigger the better) at a minimum, deep pan is nice but not necessary. As far as strengthening the trans, you pretty much need to upgrad the internals. I don't think a trans go shift kit is going to help you any in that department, it will just make it shift faster/harder. You should not need to replace the flexplate.
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The "modified" Trans-Go Performance Shift can help a lot with transmission life. The Trans-Go vacuum modulator can help alot with the 3-4 clutch life, and improve response in downshifting.
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Now the converter not smaller than 3500. deep pan, flexplate is not necessary also the Trans-Go?? so what i can do for the Transmission??

Pro B. what about the Converter??
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Well, obvously it's gonna cost some coin if you send/or buy a tranny from the states, so you should talk to guys like Pro Built or team tripp and get a list of parts to buy for the tranny and see if someone over there is fimilar with those parts and building a 4L60E. If he is not willing to go that route a Trans go performance shift kit and trans cooler will help some. For a stall if he has the money I'd look into Yanks SS series...with a H/C car i'd go with a Yank SS3800. Good luck!!
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AK's. thanks for the advice what do you mean about Yanks SS3800.
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Originally Posted by Fahad
AK's. thanks for the advice what do you mean about Yanks SS3800.
No problem I was saying that a Yank SS3800 would be a good streetable verter and work well with a mild H/C setup, but they are a bit pricey, if thats a concern TCI also makes a good line of converters if you want to go that route and save some cash.
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so far the SS3600 has done me fine and we will soon see how well it works with heads and cam
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being that the car has 3.42 gears I would do a 3500-4000 stall, yes a big trans cooler, and I also recommend installing a trans temp gauge...one of the killers is getting the tranny too HOT.

Have the car custom tuned on the street, not just on a dyno after the converter and everything else is installed.
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Now i'm between 3500-4000 >> and with big trans cooler. is the Trans temp gauge necessary??
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Originally Posted by Fahad
Now i'm between 3500-4000 >> and with big trans cooler. is the Trans temp gauge necessary??
Well, being in the temps you guys see over there it's prolly a good idea if it will see street use and they look cool mounted in the air vents Edit: he has an SS that only works on TA's




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