senicalj4579

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Yea I hear ya. I know what your saying but your not giving anykind of concrete answer to why you dont like them? Is it because when you buy X brand, the stall speed is higher than advertised?
I have to admit, I maybe one of those "nutswingers" after I get one installed lol
But Im really just wondering why you choose X over yank?

OP sorry buddy


Op start tracking your DA and see what happens. I definatly think your car gained a better time.

lemons12

iTrader: (71)

You are very close to why I don't consider them the best. Yank makes a product they guarantee, you usually don't get anything extra. By extra I don't mean stall speed.. I mean I rarely see a sixty time that is well above what it should be and it be a yank.
Ptc impresses me 8/10 times. Vig is hit or miss, usually really awesome or not so awesome. Haha
I would explain better but on the phone and dont feel like texting all of it Haha

lemons12

iTrader: (71)

My ptc flashes almost exactly to 4000, good extensions and is tight around town. Not boot under 500 shipped brand new.

A nutswinger is someone who has not researched, has not owned the brands being discussed, etc etc... but will back X product til the day they day. That is what irritates me with some people on here with yank. ****, they could stop advertising. They make a good converter but not so good that when I see a thread asking about converters 9/10 people say yank.

Hopefully that gets what I'm saying across.

senicalj4579

iTrader: (41)

But if your reason for liking X over yank is the "advertised stall speed" then going higher stall speed on the yank should fix your reasoning no? Well to each his own I guess. I still have to put the damn yank in but im not backing anyone 100 %, just going by research for now. Im sure yank isnt the only good converter.
LOL yea I hear ya on the phone thing sorry lol and we just totaly high jacked this guys thread lol Sorry OP! Damn

lemons12

iTrader: (71)

From what I have seen.. A true 3600 ptc hits harder in the sixty than a 3600 yank on average.

It's about his times because of a converter, no high jacking.

jtdurbinjr

Like the discussion guys. Not necessarily any love for one over the other. I did my research and like you said 9/10 people liked Yank and were happy so why not. It is a great piece and does flash exactly what the said. As for the 3600 over the 4000 like everyone said to go with, I had a mental block that wouldn't let me put a 4000 converter in a stock car for the street. Hell, if I had talked to you about a PTC, I would have gone for that @ $500. As for the tires, they were 17" ET Streets.

The car wasn't tuned for the converter and seemed a little flat up top. The car now has a 4.11 gear and has been retuned. No times yet as the tracks have shut down for the year.

Fast T

Man your car is really fast. you made me wont a 3600 stall I think that well help me out.Keep up the good work bro,I can see you now with heads,and cam,straight to the 11s.

lemons12

iTrader: (71)

The difference between a 4000 and a 3600 while driving around town is about 100 rpms. Wot there is quite a difference. My buddy has full weight 98 ta, lts lid 273s ptc 4000 no other mods. He cut a 1.64 on his first and only pass so far in that car, DA was around 2200 and he ran 7.7 @ 87mph.. I think it has high high 1.5 short times and 7.5s in it with 1000 DA.
I cut high 1.4s in 2000da.. full weight, 4000 ptc, 380rwhp.. Honestly suspension still needs some fine tuning along with a tune. I haven't got to go back since the ported 102/xpipe and returne yet but I picked up power everywhere so im guessing it is only going to help my short time.

As for price.. my next converter will be a neil chance probably, that gives you an idea how much i don't care about price in the converter department it is not something you can skimp on. Even if ptc and yank cost 600, i would go ptc.. but the fact that ptc is 500 shipped is icing on the cake.


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jleews6

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OP Im a little slow. so,,
You ran 13teens 100% bone stock and then 12.79 with a tune and tires, and then the 12.4 with the converter?

z99ls1

iTrader: (12)

Btw what track did you run at? If you know what days you went you get go to dragtimes d/a calculator and it will tell you what your d/a was.

Mac 2002 SS

iTrader: (6)

I agree. If the stall is all you had done ,then your car is doing damn good moving a 3500+lbs car out the hole. Just choose your mods wisely from this point on. You already got the main piece in . Nice set of headers and a cold air kit and a lil' tweak by Frost again , your ride just might suprise you again.

WARNING ----- Then you are really going to start spending money !!

other suspension mods , heads ,cam ,etc...

jtdurbinjr

Yes, that is correct.

jtdurbinjr

Cool, DA was -845

jtdurbinjr

Agreed! The goal for me is to get the car running 11.90s before any engine mods. I just installed 4.11s and had it retuned but no times yet. The next step is headers and Y then maybe some lighter wheels and tires. Then heads and cam and then replace a broken rear. Yeah, so for about another $7k it will be where I want it if I'm lucky.

79TAKid

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My 01 Formula went 12.02 @ 111 for the last owner with a vig 3600, QA1 shocks, 3.73s, and a magnaflow muffler on sticky tires for the last owner. Full weight and everything else stock. 1.57 60'
I got pretty close but the weather wasnt good enough to get down to the 12.02 again.

So far with a Yank SS4000, heads/cam, headers its gone 11.400 @ 119 now.

z99ls1

iTrader: (12)

lucky *** lol. I hate my d/a over here!!!!

79TAKid

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I could be wrong, but I expect you to break your 10 bolt pretty fast if you launch at a decent RPM. Although my suspension was allowing me to leave super violent, my Formula that I talked about in the above post made about 15 passes at about 1700-2000 rpms before breaking 2 teeth off. We put a brand new set of Richmond 3.73s in it, setup perfectly, perfect pattern, broke in right, was dead quiet at any speed. First pass I decided to launch at around 2800 rpms so I could cut a light. It pulled the wheels 3" and ripped 6 teeth off the ring gear. (It now has a 12 bolt)
I've also broken a few sets of 3.73s in my 99 Formula with a 2800 converter, but it also has had about 3000 passes on it in the last 3 years. My brother broke his 10 bolt with 4.10s after awhile with a 3600 converter.
With my dad specializing in rearends, labor is free so its not so bad for me, but be careful, 4.10s are way easier than 3.73s to break.

sliderSS

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my 02 SS went 12.8 @ 110 with drag radials, little spin. the down side was that my car hit rev limiter every gear didn't shift left it in drive without O/D.
mods are: 6.0, CAI, LT, TUNE, 3.73's, i figuerd i should be doing a little bit better what do you guys think.

G.T. CHRIS

I have a 99 SS 1Le so I'm lighter with a yank 4k and 342s,lower control arms adjustable pan head bar ..and tuned with drag radials I hit 12.5 but I did has wheel spin