Anyone lose efficientcy with their Yank converter?
11-17-2004, 08:04 AM
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Anyone lose efficientcy with their Yank converter? I bought a Yank converter for my race car about 3 years ago. Its been used quite a bit since then, at least twice a month at the track only on average. I installed a new engine about 8 months ago and was trapping around 108-109 mph in the 1/8 mile (131 in the 1/4). Since then, my mph and et has gradually been getting a little slower and slower. The engine is still running perfect because I haven't really been to the track much over the past 8 months. I mostly just race at 1/8 mile tracks. My mph has dropped to around 105-106 in the 1/8 and I've lost around 1.5 tenths of e.t. I'm also having to shift the engine 500rpms higher, just to maintain this slower e.t. and mph. Thats telling me I may have some slippage or efficietcy loss somewhere. I haven't ruled out it could be within the transmission, but the transmission was just overhauled when I installed the engine 8 months ago.
Has anyone ever experienced efficientcy loss with a Yank converter? If so, can you just send it back to him and have him freshen it up? How much does it cost? Yank is not the easiest man to get in touch with which is why I was asking here first. Just trying to get an idea.
Has anyone ever experienced efficientcy loss with a Yank converter? If so, can you just send it back to him and have him freshen it up? How much does it cost? Yank is not the easiest man to get in touch with which is why I was asking here first. Just trying to get an idea.
11-17-2004, 08:35 AM
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Are you asking if loss has been experienced over time?? Seems like you lost your MPH after you put a new motor in your car when the converter was going its job and now all the sudden you have a loss of MPH. I think I would be looking at the new motor setup instead of the converter maybe. Unless I read your post wrong.
11-17-2004, 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by CamaroCain
Are you asking if loss has been experienced over time??
Originally Posted by CamaroCain
Seems like you lost your MPH after you put a new motor in your car when the converter was going its job and now all the sudden you have a loss of MPH. I
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Originally Posted by Lurch#2
I bought a Yank converter for my race car about 3 years ago. Its been used quite a bit since then, at least twice a month at the track only on average. I installed a new engine about 8 months ago and was trapping around 108-109 mph in the 1/8 mile (131 in the 1/4). Since then, my mph and et has gradually been getting a little slower and slower. The engine is still running perfect because I haven't really been to the track much over the past 8 months. I mostly just race at 1/8 mile tracks. My mph has dropped to around 105-106 in the 1/8 and I've lost around 1.5 tenths of e.t. I'm also having to shift the engine 500rpms higher, just to maintain this slower e.t. and mph. Thats telling me I may have some slippage or efficietcy loss somewhere. I haven't ruled out it could be within the transmission, but the transmission was just overhauled when I installed the engine 8 months ago.
Has anyone ever experienced efficientcy loss with a Yank converter? If so, can you just send it back to him and have him freshen it up? How much does it cost? Yank is not the easiest man to get in touch with which is why I was asking here first. Just trying to get an idea.
Has anyone ever experienced efficientcy loss with a Yank converter? If so, can you just send it back to him and have him freshen it up? How much does it cost? Yank is not the easiest man to get in touch with which is why I was asking here first. Just trying to get an idea.
dave
