Stall or No Stall?
I'm stock,no bolt-ons,DD.
my sequence was
-OEM 1800 & OEM 3.23 for 4 years,24.5 freeway mpg
-TCI 2800 & OEM 3.23 in 2006,24.5 freeway mpg
-TCI 2800 & 4.56 in 2007,21.5 freeway mpg
-Yank 3600 & 4.56 in 2011,21.5 freeway mpg
-Yank 3600 & OEM 3.23 in 2012,24.5 freeway mpg
Freeway mpg based on Ohio to Florida trips.
TCI2800 was loose,car would not move forward at idle. Yank SS3600 is tight,moves forward at idle,just like the OEM 1800 would/did. In normal driving,it acts like OEM 1800 except when you WANT it to act like a beast.
This is a post by a moderator on another forum,
'You have to understand.... you can drive it on the street just like a normal car. The trick is not to put the happy pedal on the floor instantaneously, or with hard street tires you may light the tires. It's not like you have a ticking time bomb that's going to sit there and rev like crazy and go nowhere... and then suddenly break the tires loose.
I have a ~3,800 stall that will flash to 5,000 rpm when the 300-shot of nitrous hits. But I drive the car on the street, and it's just like described above.... light throttle, just like stock.... more throttle, and the rpm will jump up a bit more than stock.'
my sequence was
-OEM 1800 & OEM 3.23 for 4 years,24.5 freeway mpg
-TCI 2800 & OEM 3.23 in 2006,24.5 freeway mpg
-TCI 2800 & 4.56 in 2007,21.5 freeway mpg
-Yank 3600 & 4.56 in 2011,21.5 freeway mpg
-Yank 3600 & OEM 3.23 in 2012,24.5 freeway mpg
Freeway mpg based on Ohio to Florida trips.
TCI2800 was loose,car would not move forward at idle. Yank SS3600 is tight,moves forward at idle,just like the OEM 1800 would/did. In normal driving,it acts like OEM 1800 except when you WANT it to act like a beast.
This is a post by a moderator on another forum,
'You have to understand.... you can drive it on the street just like a normal car. The trick is not to put the happy pedal on the floor instantaneously, or with hard street tires you may light the tires. It's not like you have a ticking time bomb that's going to sit there and rev like crazy and go nowhere... and then suddenly break the tires loose.
I have a ~3,800 stall that will flash to 5,000 rpm when the 300-shot of nitrous hits. But I drive the car on the street, and it's just like described above.... light throttle, just like stock.... more throttle, and the rpm will jump up a bit more than stock.'
Last edited by FirstYrLS1Z; Sep 6, 2014 at 07:46 AM.
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Also there was virtually no detectable difference between my TCI SF3000 and my Yank SS3600 - the only one being that the Yank will flash 500 rpm higher off the line.
I have to disagree. While the Yank SS3600 is very good in normal day-to-day driving, you can definitely feel the looseness compared to a stock converter. I think that once people adjust to their new hi-stall converter, they forget what the stock one felt like.
Also there was virtually no detectable difference between my TCI SF3000 and my Yank SS3600 - the only one being that the Yank will flash 500 rpm higher off the line.
Also there was virtually no detectable difference between my TCI SF3000 and my Yank SS3600 - the only one being that the Yank will flash 500 rpm higher off the line.
FTI-3800 here....This converter combined with 3:73 gears is nothing short of amazing. The car still rolls forward at idle, only takes 18-2000 rpm to accelerate. Fuel mileage is the same(20mpg avg.) And Performance is amazing. I am pulling cars that trap 115-116 from anywhere. Since I never go to the track I use a old school g-tech and pulled a best of 12.0 on the street. The FTI is a bit trickier to launch on the street. Before I could foot brake and mash it, the car would pretty much dead hook and go on the stock stall. With the FTI I have to come off idle to about half throttle then floor it.
Point is, do not short yourself on a good stall. Get a quality 3600-3800 stall and do not look back. I mainly cruise my car and still glad I went with a 3800....LS1's like higher stalls.
Point is, do not short yourself on a good stall. Get a quality 3600-3800 stall and do not look back. I mainly cruise my car and still glad I went with a 3800....LS1's like higher stalls.
