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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 07:55 AM
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OK, just oredered my SS4000 stall and did my 3.90s last year and love em. Anybody think this is a bad combo? I think it will be fuggin sweet. I did 3.90s cause everybody dies 3.73s and i did 4000 cause everybody does a 3600, just wanna be different.
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 10:20 AM
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You better have some good tires.
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 11:39 AM
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well, for the track i do, as long as i can get close to 11s
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 11:57 AM
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Did you have a stock converter before the Yank? The 2.5 str of the SS is going to hit the tires really hard with the low first gear you have. 10 bolt? Should be fun.
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 12:01 PM
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yeah, stock converter before the yank
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 12:03 PM
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so at the track with my et streets and 3.90s and 4000, might just break the 10 bolt?
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by gyrene2003
so at the track with my et streets and 3.90s and 4000, might just break the 10 bolt?
anything is possible

The combo should hit hard as mentioned above and be a huge improvement of your stock stall.
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Old Nov 16, 2008 | 02:40 PM
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thats gonna be an awesome combo. your tires will hate you.
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If you stall it up to 2500 you should be able to go low 1.60s, high 1.50s.
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Old Nov 17, 2008 | 02:22 AM
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gppd ****, cant wait too get back from the sand box and put that stall in next month. Like i said too, for the track, i have a set of M/T ET streets.
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Old Nov 17, 2008 | 06:08 AM
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I have 3.91's in my 12 bolt and a wimpy 4000 stall. Any STR above 2.0 will give it hell.

Let me know how you like the SS converter. I was thinking of looking into that route or maybe a circle D.
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I just put a SS 4000 in car with boltons 12 bolt 373 and it gets low 1.6s.
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Old Nov 17, 2008 | 12:47 PM
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so what does low 1.60s translate into? as far as 1/4 times? i see your still in the 12 second club. just curious.
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Old Nov 17, 2008 | 02:39 PM
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It only run 12.47 @ 107 It's not shifting good and the car is heavy. With the 12 bolt and umi suspion subframe conecters, TTM, 28' M&Hs.
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 12:33 PM
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^^^^what did you run before the stall, i was hitting 12.74 with my 3.90sonly, and now ill be alot like you, excpet tranny is good so far. Im a heavy *** vert but i sub frams and a bunch of UMI susp. to go in with the stall, so hopefully some 12.3s or better, i want to get as close to 11s before i do the cam-only set up, then later heads and so forth, oh and i have a set of MT ETs on my stock wheels i run at the track, so we will see if the 10 bolt will take the beating or say **** it.
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 12:35 PM
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I have 3.91's in my 12 bolt and a wimpy 4000 stall. Any STR above 2.0 will give it hell.

Let me know how you like the SS converter. I was thinking of looking into that route or maybe a circle D.
yeah, the STR on the SS4000 is 2.5 vs. your 2.0, so we will see how much my 10 bolt likes it!

edit, sorry miss-read your post, thought you said you had an str of 2.0, my bust.
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 12:40 PM
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You better have some good tires.
oh and just for ***** and giggles,im runnin summitomo htrz 2s, so no, not so great street tires! should save my 10 bolt on the street though!
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You're ten bolt should be fine, might pick up a little noice tho. I have a ton of passes on mine and it isnt broke yet but is quite noisy. From a dead stop on street I didnt hook on m/t.
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Originally Posted by gyrene2003
yeah, the STR on the SS4000 is 2.5 vs. your 2.0, so we will see how much my 10 bolt likes it!

edit, sorry miss-read your post, thought you said you had an str of 2.0, my bust.
I had a 3500 stall with a 2.5 STR and cut 1.61's with 3.23 gears.

I got a POS stall in it now and the best I could muster with it AND 3.91's was a 1.75. I plan to change that very soon.

Your rear should last for a while w/ the auto. Although once you start laying down some good 60's I'd be leary, I had to rebuild my pinion, instead I picked up a used 10 bolt w/ 3.42's, the posi was smoked so then I said screw it and went right to a 12 bolt. Hate dumping $ into a 10 bolt.
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Old Nov 19, 2008 | 07:16 AM
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yeah, im just gonna start savin for a 12-bolt now, and be ahead of the game, alittle!
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