Love my new transmission and stall!
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I pulled my stock transmission to freshen it up and put in a yank3600, but found the splines on the input shaft were nearly stripped, the bearings were busted, the sunshell was cracked, and the case was cracked and leaking under pressure near the tailhousing (reverse I think).
So I got a 4x4 core from the local chevy dealer for $175 and cracked it open to find out it was flawless minus a check ball stuck in the plate. Even the clutches looked new.
I reused all the hard parts except for these upgrades:
BW red friction race clutches and steels
BW wide red lined band
no yo-yo high rev pump kit
oversized boost valve
trans go shift kit
BW heavy duty sprag
Heavy duty sunshell
New stock parts about everwhere else. Added a 18,000 gvw stacked plate cooler. Parts were right around $550.
Converter is a used Yank SS3600 I got from the classifieds here with about 20k miles on it.
I must say this is an awesome upgrade from stock! If you ease it around you can barely tell the stall is there, but anything over 30% throttle was breaking loose in all gears (damp roads).
After some break in miles I started easing into it some, everything is really firm...I think 3rd might even come in a little too firm, it feels more like what I would consider an ideal 2nd gear shift and that's even with the cushion of the stall. I need to check pressures and maybe lower line pressure some in EFI live I think.
I don't know how 2nd is because on the damp roads 1st gear is nothing but traction loss.
I must say though for anyone debating a stall, GET ONE. I was nervous about it because I daily drive the car but its much more driveable with the tight stall than stock. I have decent brakes again for one...
So I got a 4x4 core from the local chevy dealer for $175 and cracked it open to find out it was flawless minus a check ball stuck in the plate. Even the clutches looked new.
I reused all the hard parts except for these upgrades:
BW red friction race clutches and steels
BW wide red lined band
no yo-yo high rev pump kit
oversized boost valve
trans go shift kit
BW heavy duty sprag
Heavy duty sunshell
New stock parts about everwhere else. Added a 18,000 gvw stacked plate cooler. Parts were right around $550.
Converter is a used Yank SS3600 I got from the classifieds here with about 20k miles on it.
I must say this is an awesome upgrade from stock! If you ease it around you can barely tell the stall is there, but anything over 30% throttle was breaking loose in all gears (damp roads).
After some break in miles I started easing into it some, everything is really firm...I think 3rd might even come in a little too firm, it feels more like what I would consider an ideal 2nd gear shift and that's even with the cushion of the stall. I need to check pressures and maybe lower line pressure some in EFI live I think.
I don't know how 2nd is because on the damp roads 1st gear is nothing but traction loss.
I must say though for anyone debating a stall, GET ONE. I was nervous about it because I daily drive the car but its much more driveable with the tight stall than stock. I have decent brakes again for one...
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my excitement is knowing once I get some slicks for track use and some better street tires I will actually be able to get the car moving out of the hole instead of having 2.1x 60 ft times (not spinning, dead hooking)
and also maybe I will stop getting pulled by exhaust only stalled A4 and m6 ls1cars and slow *** GTs on the highway because now instead of looking for a sweet spot to downshift only to lose it when the car shifts I will hang in my powerband
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the SS3600
I am amazed at how well it drives, as long as you keep throttle below about 35% according to my snap on scanner you can barely tell its stalled
oh and before anyone asks, no I did not build it myself but my dad is a mechanic who specializes in GM transmissions so I got free labor and he ordered parts through Oklahoma Transmission Supply, they even sent me a Playboy calender full of eye candy hehe
I am amazed at how well it drives, as long as you keep throttle below about 35% according to my snap on scanner you can barely tell its stalled
oh and before anyone asks, no I did not build it myself but my dad is a mechanic who specializes in GM transmissions so I got free labor and he ordered parts through Oklahoma Transmission Supply, they even sent me a Playboy calender full of eye candy hehe
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i thought my stall was badass cuz itall rip my BFG's out to about 300 feet, but once i got the launch straitened out, wow. i thought that was the bee's knee's till i strapped on a set of ET Drags and dead hooked, christ that scared me for a sec hahahhahaha
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Aaron, let me put it to you this way.....stalls are such a huge advantage for auto cars, I would take a well stalled car with traction problems any day over a stock stalled car that could dead hook. They can be a hand full with street tires but thats what drag radials are for. And do some reading on shift extension, it helps at speeds when when traction isnt an issue anymore.
OP, congrats on your new set-up. I recently put in an SS4K and Im having traction issues at 60 mph on street tires
So I feel your excitement
OP, congrats on your new set-up. I recently put in an SS4K and Im having traction issues at 60 mph on street tires
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^^^I understand that, I guess most try new stalls with street tires and most fry rubber. Thats really the only thing you can really brag about till you hit the track. That and part throttle driveability.
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starting to get enough miles I feel comfortable playing with it some, been toying with the launch some too
so far my bald *** tires don't like to grip at all, but the best seems to be running up to 1200ish rpm then letting off the brake and stabbing about half throttle then easing in from there
even though it starts spinning, the car feels like its moving out quicker than when it used to hook drudge up from low rpms
so far my bald *** tires don't like to grip at all, but the best seems to be running up to 1200ish rpm then letting off the brake and stabbing about half throttle then easing in from there
even though it starts spinning, the car feels like its moving out quicker than when it used to hook drudge up from low rpms