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Old Mar 29, 2018 | 01:00 PM
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Anyone still running a Fuddle Racing Converter? I know these guys ended up being scammers but I have about 50k on my converter and the lockup clutch is finally going out. I've been very lucky with my stock 4L60E and my 4k Fuddle. More life than I ever expected.
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Old Mar 29, 2018 | 02:23 PM
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Send it to someone else, they can likely repair it
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Old Mar 29, 2018 | 03:41 PM
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Contact site vendor (FTI Converter) about your converter issue. FTI Converter is legit company. I have their 3800 triple disk converter.
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Old Mar 29, 2018 | 04:39 PM
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Wow, googling "fuddle converters" yields some crazy stories. Fuddle was banned in ls1tech.
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Old Mar 29, 2018 | 09:29 PM
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I haven’t heard of that converter since like 2006 lol, been a while
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Old Mar 29, 2018 | 11:29 PM
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They were a hot item on this forum when they first came out, and disappeared quickly thereafter. I think jimmyblue ran one, IIRC.
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Originally Posted by RevGTO
They were a hot item on this forum when they first came out, and disappeared quickly thereafter. I think jimmyblue still has one, IIRC.
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Old Mar 30, 2018 | 08:27 PM
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Haha - then he's the last of the Fuddle Mohicans on this forum!
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Well there are two of us lol. I am really interested in cutting mine open when I get a new converter and trans. I hear rumors that the guy was using cavalier torque converters. I have no idea if it is true.
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That in itself isn't unusual. The Cavalier 9.5" or 10" converters can serve as a basic building block for an LS1 converter. The question is, what does the builder do with it? Weld on an adapter ring and call it good? Or billet front cover, stout clutch material, custom spec stator, furnace brazed fins, etc. etc.?
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