MetallicBluews6

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A buddy of mine has a 2002 SS with the same mods as my self, my mods are in my sig, Long Tube Headers, Exhaust, Pulley,Throttle body. Except he does not have a Torque Converter.
I am sure I will beat him from a Dig. Can I beat him from a Roll with my TCI 3500 stall?

Scotty-Z

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You should rape him from a dig and still beat him from a roll as well.

XTrooper

You should kill him from a dead stop or a roll.

4mula

depends on what speed you race him from a roll.
the higher the speed you race him from, the more advantage he has.
converter efficiency starts to play a roll and the stock converter has more efficiency up top.

GregWS6&z28

iTrader: (8)

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nuff said

Roarin_8

iTrader: (5)

Race him from a high roll just to see how ineffecient your converter is compared to stock.

blue2000Z28

I have always heard aftermarket converters are best....all around

Scotty-Z

iTrader: (5)

Believe it or not, some can be more efficient than stock. Not many, but some.

MetallicBluews6

iTrader: (2)

Is the only guy that states that I will loose at top end. How come everyone says that I will take him but a few, 1 or 2, people say he will take me up top?? I am confused.

00firebird

iTrader: (3)

cuz nobody knows what they're talkign about :rollseyes: get some race results from a bunch of different rolls and post em up so everyone knows

XTrooper

And that depends on the converter. My SY3500, with its efficiency rating of 97%, is more efficient than the stock converter. Besides, "efficiency" doesn't compute to winning races. A high-stall converter, efficient or not, is going to put your motor into the meat of its power band faster and that's what wins races, not its efficiency rating.

I never see stock converter cars beating high-stall ones.

4mula

from a 90 mph roll my buddies vette beat me before i installed a cam.
i raped him off the line and low speeds back then all the time.

Roarin_8

iTrader: (5)

Depends on the converter, what converter did you have? That way we can stay away from it

MetallicBluews6

iTrader: (2)

TCI SSF 3500. Its nothing fancy or big. Just the common TC that most get. Thanks

99SSLS1

iTrader: (5)

Well alot depends on who is faster, or more hp to (DUH). Hell there may be a 20 hp swing either way depending on the car. I say you'll spin to much from the dig and he'll get ahead but thats a perfect world race which it won't be. Go race and find out.

red01z28

iTrader: (9)

my pt4000 is very efficient up top i can easily hang with a modded m6 and totally rape a stock a4 from any speed.

Roarin_8

iTrader: (5)

My post was for 4mula.

MetallicBluews6

iTrader: (2)

That figures. I was confused.

Scotty-Z

iTrader: (5)

So did you hand his *** to him?

XTrooper

I think an F-body vs F-body race would have been different. The very first thing I noticed when I went from my modded '99 Camaro SS to my then bone-stock '00 Corvette was how much stronger the 'Vette felt at 100+ mph. I don't know if it was the tranny gearing, aerodynamics, lighter weight, or a combination of all these factors, but the C5 is a lot stronger top-end car than the F-body. You had more going on there than the "converter factor."