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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 11:00 AM
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I have a yank ss3600 installed today bout to go pick it up from the shop.question is in the 1/4 will my mph go up,go down,or stay the same.
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 06:56 AM
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Same or lower...
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 01:06 PM
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Yanks are pretty efficient. I went from stock to a PT4000 and gained 1 mph in the 1/8 and 3 mph in the 1/4. Weather was slightly better, but I had heavier wheels also.

I seriously doubt you'll lose any and I would be surprised if you didn't gain.
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Old Feb 4, 2009 | 03:31 PM
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I seriously doubt you'll lose any and I would be surprised if you didn't gain.
+1 to that. even if you don't gain mph, your ET will most likely be lower. "if you yank it, you'll get off faster"
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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 01:23 AM
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went to the track today.not a good comparison.best mph was 115.50,115.48 and that was without the ftra,said it would hit the tranny cooler.so with the ftra it should mph the previous best mph.
did 60' ahellava lot better
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So with the FTRA you would definitely have picked up a little MPH. That's why I haven't put my tranny cooler on yet, just no room. How are you leaving?
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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 02:37 PM
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So how does the car feel with that converter?
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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 02:48 PM
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jon.1,000-1,500 smashing the throttle on the third yellow
elliott.as around town feels great,car moves when i let off the break.car feels better around town than with the stock stall.
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Originally Posted by fly pantera
jon.1,000-1,500 smashing the throttle on the third yellow
elliott.as around town feels great,car moves when i let off the break.car feels better around town than with the stock stall.
Good to hear. I'm getting ready to put one on here soon and I was really curious how it drives around town
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So with the FTRA you would definitely have picked up a little MPH. That's why I haven't put my tranny cooler on yet, just no room. How are you leaving?
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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 03:23 PM
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I'm curious to know how this stall handles on roll racing?? Does it take away from your power?
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The cooler I bought is too big. Plus I'm going to redo my ramair setup at some point and I'm not sure how or where that is going to go. I could mount it now, but I know it will be in the way later. And I don't really drive this car much, so as long as I have in on before summer I don't think I'll have any heating problems from not having it.

I'll probably have the bumper cover off for modifying my ram air and I'll just cut and modify whatever it takes to get it to work then.
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I'm curious to know how this stall handles on roll racing?? Does it take away from your power?
From a light roll, you're just gonna spin. So it doesn't help there.

From a highway roll, it doesn't seem it hit as hard initially as it did with the stock stall. The stall has a cushioning effect of the downshift, but from the MPH increase that I got, I would say that it would have to pull harder on the top end.

That might not be the case with other stalls that are known to hurt MPH.
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I picked up from a highway roll cause the shift extension never lets it see less than 4800 which is exactly my peak torque. 1st gear is useless though cause it will break loose on any roll in throttle or downshift. Even on my M/T DR's
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Originally Posted by SOMbitch
I picked up from a highway roll cause the shift extension never lets it see less than 4800 which is exactly my peak torque. 1st gear is useless though cause it will break loose on any roll in throttle or downshift. Even on my M/T DR's
I picked up on a highway roll also. And first gear is useless no matter what even on DR's.
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