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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 08:01 AM
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I'm about to buy a 2004 corvette z06 that has a torquer 2 112lsa cam, yank ss3200 stall, and 3.73 gears. I've never driven a stalled/cammed car before. Is it very difficult to drive on a daily basis? I currently have a 2002 trans am ws6 with full boltons, and a stock 2006 gto, so I'm not new to muscle cars.
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 08:08 AM
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I have a 3200 stall in my car and it is no different driving than a normal car. When the car is cold I can feel the stall, but after it warms up I do not feel it at all.
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 08:17 AM
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I have a 3200 stall in my car and it is no different driving than a normal car. When the car is cold I can feel the stall, but after it warms up I do not feel it at all.
well hell... i live in houston, tx. the car will NEVER be cold, lol.
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 08:25 AM
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My car is 4000 stalled and if i drive it around normal, most people dont even know i have a stall. But WOT theres a big diffrence.
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 08:36 AM
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What about driving it in rain?...
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 08:45 AM
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My car doesn't get drove in the rain.
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 08:49 AM
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you'll be fine. It will feel normal after an hour or so of driving.
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 09:25 AM
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its not really any different...unless I'm playing I can keep it under 2500rpm

I like it more than stock
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dont worry, you will love it. after a while that 3200 will fill like stock and you will want a higher one lol. driving in the rain is the same.
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I drive my 4000 stall, 3.73 car all year round without a single issue at all.. It will take a little more to get going than a stock stall, but once you get used to it, youll never notice.

When you get on it though, now thats a different story! Youll most likely wish you had done it sooner!!
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Originally Posted by SSmoken
dont worry, you will love it. after a while that 3200 will fill like stock and you will want a higher one lol. driving in the rain is the same.
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I drive my 4000 stall, 3.73 car all year round without a single issue at all.. It will take a little more to get going than a stock stall, but once you get used to it, youll never notice.

When you get on it though, now thats a different story! Youll most likely wish you had done it sooner!!
Exactly, and really in all actuality, its better in the rain because it slips more than the stock stall at light throttle from a stop.

It feels like night and day when you stomp the gas though, as stated you are going to wish you had stalled your car a LONG time ago. The only down side is you will notice a small fuel mileage drop on the street, the highway stays teh same because of torque converter lockup. Your first few tanks of fuel you will probably burn through because its so much fun to drive with a bigger torque converter that you wont be able to keep your foot out of it.

Have you taken your car to the track with a stock stall? If so your gonna crap when you feel the differnce.
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Blue_GTO1199
well hell... i live in houston, tx. the car will NEVER be cold, lol.
Me too...I have had my 3200 stall for a year now and if I had it to do over I would put a 4000 in it to start with. Like others are saying, from a dig or a rolling punch your junk will get up and go.
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did it have an auto swapped in? can you verify its a real z06? all z06 cars were 6 speeds from the factory....
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Old Jul 17, 2010 | 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by redbird555
did it have an auto swapped in? can you verify its a real z06? all z06 cars were 6 speeds from the factory....
xx2222 zo6 with an auto wtf
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Old Jul 17, 2010 | 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by RED94Z28
xx2222 zo6 with an auto wtf
+1 to the post above
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i agree with everyone....i just unstalled a SS3600 this past Sat. haven't even done any tuning or anything yet and i've still got the stock rear w/ 3.23's and the first time i took it out after the install i noticed a difference but by Tues it felt stock....there's a definate difference but you don't notice it unless you're thinking about it....honestly, i could totally see myself DD'ing a 4000 stall with no problems...WOT is definately better but doesn't seem like how everyone else describes, maybe tuning will change that...going to get it to the track after i play with the tune some...
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Old Aug 19, 2010 | 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by greasemonkeysoldier
i agree with everyone....i just unstalled a SS3600 this past Sat. haven't even done any tuning or anything yet and i've still got the stock rear w/ 3.23's and the first time i took it out after the install i noticed a difference but by Tues it felt stock....there's a definate difference but you don't notice it unless you're thinking about it....honestly, i could totally see myself DD'ing a 4000 stall with no problems...WOT is definately better but doesn't seem like how everyone else describes, maybe tuning will change that...going to get it to the track after i play with the tune some...
i thought my car got slower at high speed with my stall because of the way it felt going through 2nd gear WOT. When i went to the track i picked up .7 tenths and 1mph in the 1/8th.... its deceiving. WOT is definitely better especially at low speeds. From a roll 2nd gear and 3rd gear dead spots are greatly reduced but the stall only mostly helps at the shift points for shift extension...
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It's like driving a funner car..and I am sure that Z06 isn't a zo6.. have you seen the car?
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Old Aug 20, 2010 | 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by meine96ws6
and I am sure that Z06 isn't a zo6.. have you seen the car?
NOT necessarily true. There are quite a few Z06 cars that have swapped for the Automatic. It'll win races, ..., it'll be more consistant, ..., & it'll still be a sweet, fun ride.
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as long as everything is tuned youll be amazed how civil your car will drive. i have a 230 cam with a vig 3200 stall and my car drives like stock. like others have said, i could step up and DD a 4k stall. but no way in hell i see anybody hooking up at a stoplight with a 4k stall..
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