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Old Jul 27, 2011 | 02:48 AM
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can one trust a local shop no matter the size or skill with rebuilding a converter? a guy was offering me a rebuilt billet yank...

so, modified stock ish converters with enlarged fins

or rebuilt higher end say yank converter would be junk?

hmm...

I had a pump blow up.. i dont want to screw up my new converter

this is for an fc rx7 lq4... 380 400 whp.. wondering what stall is best? 26" tire 4.1 gears...

I was thinking 3500 rpm..
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Originally Posted by mxman
can one trust a local shop no matter the size or skill with rebuilding a converter? a guy was offering me a rebuilt billet yank...

so, modified stock ish converters with enlarged fins

or rebuilt higher end say yank converter would be junk?

hmm...

I had a pump blow up.. i dont want to screw up my new converter

this is for an fc rx7 lq4... 380 400 whp.. wondering what stall is best? 26" tire 4.1 gears...

I was thinking 3500 rpm..
I don't think I have ever seen anyone ramble this badly. I have no idea what you just said in that post. It doesn't even make sense lol
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Old Jul 27, 2011 | 07:10 PM
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my heads hurting from that post.
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Old Jul 27, 2011 | 07:16 PM
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Im glad im not the only one who couldn't make any sense of that post lol
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Old Jul 27, 2011 | 07:27 PM
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I think we should sticky this post and title it "HOW NOT TO POST" or "NO POSTING WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS"
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Old Jul 27, 2011 | 07:51 PM
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um. if its a name brand converter id send it back to them for a rebuild or repair. theres a few places here that build race converters but i still prefer a popular converter with a good rep.


i hope that helps.
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Old Jul 27, 2011 | 11:19 PM
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Lots of converters are rebuilt. Most 9.5 inch converters non-billets use a cavalier 4 cyl core converter to start with. Lots of billet converters use a core backside to start with. Not that big of a deal if you have the knowledge and equipment.
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