Have 2000 A4 vette coupe- 3.42 gears: Corsa Indy cat back: hardened shaft: Z06 sway bars:
To do: 5.3 L heads: 222/lsa 114 mild cam: long tube headers: mild trans work with transgo kit:

I am considering ProTorque 2800 or Yank SS3600 TQC. Must maintain normal street driveability. 2800 would do this. But spending all this $$$ and not get the "kick" off the line that the SS3600 would give. Will the Yank SS3600 give me streetability like I have now or all the negatives that come with higher stall?? Thanks

 

Well....I'm shopping for a converter also, but from all of my research I've read that the SS3600 has great steetability and drives like a 2800 stall. The SS3600 has a pretty high STR so it will hit the tires pretty hard so you may want to get some drag radials.

 

I have a Yank SS3600 in my 98Z,great driveability!I'm also running a 3.42 gear w/bolt ons.Can't go wrong w/this converter(FYI run a cooler w/trans guage)a little more but worth the piece of mind.

 

I had a yank and so did my father. My father has a vette and even had a SES light come on because of the thing. To much chatter on lock up for me in my T/A. I took it out and got rid of it. Get a Vig and you will have 0 problems.

 

I have had the SS3600 for a year now, its the best thing ever to happen to the car. its got so much grunt off the line now its nuts. the driveability is excellent, people rarely notice it when driving normally... my family has yet to know that theres even a TC in the car... i didnt tell and they cant notice..

 

I personally have an SS3800 and was about to buy the SS3600. What changed my mind was that with the 3600 its good for bolt ons and such, but when you start adding a cam and heads then its better you get the 3800 because it'll work a lot nicer with your set up. Having that .05 more of STR is worth it too.

 

One way to fix "chattering " is to raise the lock up speed via pcm.

VIG makes the verters on order according to your shift points, so in general they behave better. I like my VIG 3200 too

 

i have heard nothing but good things about the 3600! i think it would do good on the street and better on the track, is the car ever gonna go to the track?

 

I have a Yank ST3500 and I love it. Everyone at the local tranny shop told me "dont do it, it will ruin your drivability" and when they put it in they said it drove just like a 2400 stall converter.

You can Definatly notice a difference though, so do not be convinced that it will be the same drivability. However, the only difference that you will see is you have to give it more gas to get moving in daily driving. It feels as if you are pulling something behind you, only it is not as bad as it seems. Once you get to a speed where you level off on the throttle it will lock up, and will be just like stock. I would strongly recommend the converter for street/strip/racing because it made a HUGE difference in the feel and performance of my car,

However, if you are only driving on the street, and only driving on street tires, and you do not race often, I wouldnt recommend the mod at all.

My car is my daily driver, but I take it to the track every 2 weeks or so. I am much slower on the street (if I am on my street tires) but on drag radials, I get a 1.5X 60 foot time and launch like a rocket.

It is an amazing feeling, I strongly recommend it, but only if you go WOT often and have good tires to stick (unless you like mile long burnouts).

I hear the ST3500 is very simmilar to the SS3800, the SS3800 is supposed to be even better for drivability so you will really like it. Your gas milage will go down some (because you have to give it more gas off the line) but on the highway it will be the same. Make sure you get a big tranny cooler and I would recommend the TransGo shiftkit also,

Good luck dude, email me if you have any questions, you could call me and I would tell you about it,

-Brent
blackout@cybergrounds.com

 

I have a 02 vert. with a 3.73 gear and a SS3600 TC. I live in the same city as you (Troy MI.). Give me a call and I will let you try it out.This is the best way to see if you like it.

 

How do YOU like it?

 

It took me a while to get use to it but now I love it.The hit off the line is great.I had to work out some tuning problems (when to lock/unlock the TC) and once that was done the car runs great.

 

I also have the ss3600 and now i wish I went bigger. The ss3600 wont be a problem on a daily driver. You wont even notice it is there. For bolt ons it is great. For head and cam, go with a ss3800 or more!

 

I 've had my SS3600 for 18 months. Drives just like a ST3000 until you mash it.
Higher shift extension.
Highly recommend.

 

There you go !

 

I've got a SS3800 with 2.73 gears

Feel stock to me, I say you should go with an SS4000

 

I also have a SS3800, just not in the car yet. How much did you guys pay to have it installed? Was gonna do it with a friend of mine but he's outta town now.

 

$300 or $350 from Cartek, about 45 minutes from you. I highly recommend them. There are also a few other places around us (Northeast) but they all charge pretty much the same

I had a great time hanging out with them and watching them work on my car, I plan to go back to them in the future whenever I can't do things on my own

 

Will I need to reprogram the tranny? It's a 2000.

 

I had the whole computer retuned, but thats because I needed to b/c of headers I put in a year before.

But when installing a converter it is recommended that you have a few things taken care of, but you could get away with not doing them now. So if you plan on doing headers, cam, or any other big mods then hold off on the tuning, otherwise do it (BTW it shouldn't cost too much to have the few things reprogrammed for the converter)