I'm in love !!! ... never had a A4 with a stall converter. I thought the M6 in my first 00 Trans Am was absolutely above-ALL-others ... until now. There's no comparison and there's no way in hell an M6 can come EVEN close to out-shifting my A4 with this converter.

I'll never drive another stick again. MAAAAANNNN I couldn't believe the constantly, steady line of power to the pavement. Yep, I'm in love!!!!!

 

Sweet!!! Hopefully in the spring i'll be having the same feelings. Good choice BTW

 

Anybody have any specific methods of driving around town, street racing, or at the strip ... like what gear to start out in when launching ... how high to stall on a launch with GS-DG tires? ... what gear to use around town when racing from a 40 mph roll?
... how to achieve best 60' times?

Since I got this thing installed, I'm learning to drive all over again.

 

Around town you can either keep it in 3rd or OD it just kinda depends on if you will see lock up speeds for any amount of time< If you see lock up speeds for a lond period of time i'd just keep it in OD. When launching at the strip i'd keep in in 3rd or OD(it's up to debate....) either way just stall it up to around 1500RPM and see if you can hook with street tires....if you can hook you should see a 60ft time of 1.75ish IF you are hooking. Around town the stall should delete the "dead" spots you used to seeing with an A4, so 3rd or OD should work just fine

 

Thanks for the advice. It makes sense what you said. Around town I used to manually shift a lot. I have been driving around town in 3rd now and it seems to do well ... downshifting isn't necessary anymore ... feels really good.

As for launching, I'll try stalling to 1500 as you had suggested. With the new GS-D3's out back, I will be extremely happy if I can 1.7-1.8 60' times. They stick a lot better than the GSC's, the HPUltraPlus', and Kuhmo Supra Ecsta 712's. Gotta' be the best-sticking non-drag street radials on the market. Some will debate that, but, I haven't seen any negative comments from peole who have actually owned them. I believe you're right about the 1.75 'ish 'cause I'm relatively sure they'll hook at that stall rpm.

 

Out of curiosity, how much you suspension work do you have? I'm on the fence between the SS3200 and SS3600. I was leaning towards the SS3200 because I'm on street tires with 3.23 gears, and I figured I'd hook alot better due to the lower stall and softer hit due to the lower STR. I only planned on getting SFC, LCA, and LCA relocation brackets (I'm lowered) as my only suspension mods My car is only lightly modded and I plan on peaking out around 340 whp, I will only goto the track once or twice a year.

Do you have to feather the throttle alot with your SS3600? About hard hard can you get into the throttle from both a dead stop and from a low speed roll with street tires?

Thanks!

Adam

 

Nice choice with the SS3600! I have an SS3800 myself and let me tell you, from a stop that thing rocks your world. Since I don't have headers or a cam, my topend and roll racing isn't that great, but still good. I don't recomend manually shifting your A4, unless you want to break it. Racing at the track is fun when you're actually on drag radials or something. Since you're on street tires you're probably going to have alot of trouble hooking up. I'd say launching at 1500 then feathering the gas will help you get a nice 1.8 60'.

 

My suspension mods are Bilstein HD's, Panhard Rod and LCA's. Gettin' ready to do SFC's because I have developed a couple of slight body wrinkles on the passenger side rear fender.

As for launching, it seems that stalling it up to about 1800-1900 rpm is working best and then 'feathering' the throttle works well and the GS-D3's hook well. From a roll at about 30-45 mph it absolutely screams ... no getting stuck in the bottom end of second, anymore. Still playing around to see what works best at different speeds in different gears.

This TC rocks!!!!!

 

I`ve had the SS3600 in my 02 Formula for 2 years now, its great. I use Nitto drag radials as street tires and get 20-25,000 miles out of them. As far as using real street tires, forget about traction, you can even get sideways on the 2-3 shift(not good!!!). I`ve got lca`s, and lowering brackets thats it for susp. At the track I launch from 2000-2200 and the car runs 1.69-1.73 60' every time w/2.73s, any lower rpm and it bogs too much with those gears. I`ve had 4 other conv.s and this one drives the best on the street, doesnt rev up too high when leaving a stoplight, unlike the Vigilanti 3600 that does rev up(very annoying).

 

Could you explain this, I think I'm missanderstanding.

 

Glad to hear you're happy!

 

Thanks ... today was the first day I've really been able to get on dry pavement and run around town enough to realize the full potential of it. I tried launching a few times ... anything more than stalling it up to about 1500rpm and then feathering the accelerator as I launched ... well, I roasted the tired a few times doing it. Got one good launch where the tires really stuck. No burnouts to heat the tires, so, I'm pretty confident it will hook a little better once I finally get it out to the track and heat the tires.

 

With Nittos you should see low 12s no problem...hell, maybe even a high 11.

 

I have 1.5s with Gforce Dr's stall to 2500 and punch it on last yellow. Car revs to 4500 and rips out of the hole. Supposed to stall at 4000 but the revs raises the ration STR is 3.0 so its a tight launch. But this is with heads cam and N2O

 

I Bet That Car Flies

 

It feels real good ... not sure how it compares to other F-Body's, however, it will take a really good hook at the track to hit 11's, in comparison to other cars I'm seeing here. I'm about where I want to be ... have met most of my short-term goals.

Thanks and glad you're enjoying your new marriage. Remember ... patience is kind.

 

I Learn Something New Everyday. I Am Thankful For My Wife. You Too Fellow Newlywed.what Color Is Your T/a?

 

Mine's red with yellow lettering ... stock interior ... just got my tranny cooler today. It will go on Saturday. I've done about all the mods I can do, safely. Now, I'm just trying to protect what I've got and be cost effective at doing it, thus, the tranny cooler.

I'm saving for something, but, not sure what ... LOL! Prob a new stronger rearend ... who knows!? This modd'ing stuff could have a guy spending $50,000 and still wanting more ... hehehe!!!!

I'm gonna' take some pictures of my car. I'll send you a couple of them when I get it done. BTW, my cooler is only 19,000 GVW capacity ... FTRA doesn't allow enough room for the larger one, however, most say it will do fine with the 19K.

 

I think he's talking about surging at idle. However that has nothing to do with the brand of converter, its a tuning issue.

 

Mine was surging at idel, as well. It was the resistance when putting it in gear and the lack of stall that made it die if I didn't let it warm up for a minute or two. After it would warm up for a few minutes, it was OK ... even when I put it in gear. Once I had the Yank SS3600 installed, it immediately made the problem go away.

It's absolutely a tuning issue the day I installed the cam, but, the installation of a higher stall converter took away the resistence of putting it in gear. This is what made it stop completely. Though, it still doesn't chnage the fact that my tuning is off ... just not suffering the embarrassment of the engine dieing, anymore.