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Old Sep 21, 2010 | 02:44 PM
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I'm putting in a baby(by most standards here) converter soon and was wondering if I'll need a retune for it. It's a yank 2600 stall.

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Old Sep 21, 2010 | 08:31 PM
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i would like to know as well..
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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 06:13 AM
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There ya have it, 2 people in need of assistance, I know stall speed has alot to do with it
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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 08:06 AM
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i read on the sticky yesterday that u might need to retune , because is gonna rev so much faster,and u might bounce off the rev limiter...that was with a 3800, that happens to be what im gonna do next week...im a newbie,but for that stall (2600)i will drive it first and then see how you like it, also you may want to adjust the line pressure on the pcm..to take advantage of the new stall...
http://performabuilt.com/Technical2008.html
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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 10:20 AM
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Some cars react differently, I don't think you will have a problem with that small of a stall.
Mine never set any slipping codes nor did it have stall wall with stock tune.
I did adjust torque converter lock up and unlock, took out torque management, bumped up line pressure, and changed shift points (mainly low throttle) with efi live just for my driving preferences.

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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 01:44 PM
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So safe bet is a tune but no real danger most likely.
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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 07:48 PM
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Contact Frost and ask him. Usually it is just lock/unlock features.
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Old Sep 23, 2010 | 01:14 AM
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I am on my second converter and it runs great on stock tune.
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Originally Posted by highgear
I am on my second converter and it runs great on stock tune.
X2. I'm running the Yank SS3600 on a stock tune.
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Old Sep 23, 2010 | 11:36 AM
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FTI 3600 here. stock tune

All cars are different, and you may want to mess with some things like shift points or when the converter locks up.
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Old Sep 23, 2010 | 05:04 PM
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3000 stall here, had 40,000 plus miles on it before I had my car tuned, [installed a hotcam] Shifted just fine, no issues whatsoever.
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Old Sep 24, 2010 | 10:47 PM
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Nope, you'll be fine on a stock tune, but of course any tune is better then stock.
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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 12:24 PM
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I drove my car for a couple of days then had it tuned for the stall, it drive so much better after the tune. I was very happy with the way it turned out.
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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 01:56 PM
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what (with a lil detail) did they/ you tune?
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Old Sep 27, 2010 | 01:25 PM
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Well my car is tuned by frost already, however Im also runnin a full manual valve body now as well.
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Old Sep 27, 2010 | 04:06 PM
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You might want to have it tuned again because most likely ur pressure was bumped up the last tune and Frost might have take the pressure back down so it wont shift to hard. But you could be safe, this is based off what he was telling me.
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