Chaos07

Im gunna be getting a Cam installed soon on my car..will be ok to run it on the stock converter until i ccan get funds for a new one or will i destroy the converter? it will going it a 166K 00' Trans Am....or should i just wait on the cam n do the stall first?

00blacka4

iTrader: (7)

stall first deffinetly, and if it were my car i would get the tranny built, or buy a built tranny especially at 166K....but as for ur question a stall will probly see u better performance gains as far as quartermile goes because it will net u around 7 tenths if u go with the right one and a cam will get u maybe lets say 60 horsepower which would be maybe 6 tenths....do what u want tho

Chaos07

ill def be gettina new tranny sooner or later but the car perfomrs awesome for being so old...10 yrs old n still pulls the new ponies but ya my gf has someone she knows who can install the cam for me cheap so ill probably do that but im not doing it for performance just for a little extra horses n sound...but ive always hear to change the converter when doing a cam...whats the story behind that

Notmyvette

iTrader: (1)

My friend has, although I have been driving his c5 vette with G5x3 cam in the ls1...Stock stall converter from what I know of, sure feels like it, trans is on its way out (abused haha) but its got 130k miles on everything, cam has been in for maybe like 50k, maybe more or less...

Chaos07

im goin eith either a TSP 220 or TSP 224 cam so not going all out with that n if thats true i can always install one in later on thanks for the input good to hear stories like that haha

StealthFormula

iTrader: (35)

A few years ago when I didn't know much I cammed the car with the stock stall. It ran like garbage but knowing what I know now I would never cam a car again without putting the proper sized converter in there first. With that said yes it is do-able just will pull on the brakes at stop lights, run like a slug for a cammed car and generally be a pain.

Chaos07

even its its a small cam like 220/220 .581/.581 with either a 112 or 114 LSA or 224/224 .581/.581...how will these cams affect the stock converter

StealthFormula

iTrader: (35)

The cam I ran was a 224/230 112lsa so anything smaller should react slightly better.

Chaos07

thanks for the input ill probably go with the 220

meine96ws6

iTrader: (4)

once you switch the cam out.. your will be changing where you make power at.. the stock stall is designed to work with the power band from the stock cam..

you will be able to match the motors "sweet rpm spots" with the proper stall once your cammed.. you get what i am saying? they should work together to get the most out of your car.

got-a-ls1

iTrader: (12)

i have a 220 cam and i just bought a new stall. The stock stall kills performance... Stock stall i could even launch at more then 1400 rpms and killed the 60 ft times. Do a stall first and then do a bigger cam... Im swapping my 220 for a 226-234 eps cam.

KevinR

This.. You won't be happy with the car if you don't. Sure, it will sound good, but it will run like a turd.