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Old 05-19-2010, 11:31 AM
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Oh and I forgot to add my Fuddle was a 3600 HP/Street
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so would a fuddle 3400 be ok on a lightly moded 98 TA?
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Originally Posted by JoshuaGrooms83
so would a fuddle 3400 be ok on a lightly moded 98 TA?

Absolutely not ! But a quality converter and STAY AWAY FROM FUDDLE !!!
Yank , Edge , Coan , Circle D, or Precision Industries are quality converters .
Old 12-31-2010, 05:07 PM
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man,i would have bought a REVMAX converter.lol had to put that in.i have a fuddle,and no problems so far with 8,000 miles.i took a crap shoot when i bought it.do i wish i would have saved more money for a yank or precisions industries? hell yeah!would i recommend a fuddle if they were still in buisiness?hell no!
Old 01-01-2011, 04:31 AM
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I have a fuddle converter in my Grand National thats been going strong for about 4 years and it has been good to me. I definitely agree the customer service sucks and it originally took me like 4 months to receive the converter though.
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from what i gather so far. The majority of poeple expierence with fuddle is the converter works well (with the right setup) and their customer service, which no one has to worry about anymore, sucked.
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I had the 3800 also, It was alittle loose but a great converter to say the least. It was in my car for 10k miles and its in a trans am with more power now still working great!

Hell If U are worried about it Ill buy it lol
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I had a 3600 Fuddle in my 01 SS. It was in a th350. Worst performing converter I ever saw. My friend had a Vig 3200 and was cutting 1.63-1.65 60ft with a 3.23 gear. The best I could do all night was a 1.78, yes a freaking 1.78! with 3.73 gears. Efficiency on the top was horrible. The motor was revving to the moon like the trans was slipping or something. It was actually the converter. It ran 11.83 at 112 mph.

I tried to give it away in the for sale section and the person who wanted it would only have to pay shipping. No one wanted it at all and I was giving it away for free.
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I'm picking up a 4k fuddle, anybody still run these stalls??
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Originally Posted by ls1jorge
I'm picking up a 4k fuddle, anybody still run these stalls??
Save your money and invest in a Yank.
Old 03-01-2011, 11:11 AM
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I had/have a fuddle 4k in a th400. Did fine in the car I got it from, did ok in my car. Won't have an apple to apples comparison since my FTI is significantly larger.
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Had mine for 2 years, 3200 stall with 2.1, no poblems with it.
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how can you tell the difference between the HP/street series and the "cheaper" model?
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I cut 1.51 with a 4000 fuddle however it seemed extremely inefficient based on trap/mods/weight
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I have a fuddle 3400 in my camaro and really like it. I got the cheap one and the car pretty much gets beat any time I drive it and the converter has held up for 5 years now.
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while many have had good luck with them it didnt take me long to find numerous complaints about them.


thats enough for me to stay away.
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I've had my 3600 fuddle here probably going on 3 years. No Problems at all, though I really have no interest in drag racing it has worked flawlessly as a weekend/ nice weather cruiser. I think I bought it right before he went officially out of business. Cant remember what company was on the box but it definitely wasn't Fuddle. From what I read in the past most of his problem was horrid customer service.



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