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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 09:07 PM
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I hear alot of bad things and good things about tci converters. But I dont know anyone with them so I would to know what you think of them, from the people who have them?
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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 09:21 PM
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I have had nothing but great performance from my TCI 4000 converter and support from TCI. I highly recommend them.

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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 09:38 PM
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If you do a search you can find a zillion anecdotes about TCI, pro and con. Mine has only been in for a couple of months, but it has functioned perfectly from the get-go.
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Old Apr 27, 2005 | 11:45 AM
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Even the bad converters problems you hear about dont offset the good things you hear about TCI , they have great customer service and in this market thats is what counts , and will do what it takes to make it right (kevin winstead) at TCI is the man to deal with and he is a great asset to tci and has sold alot of converters on this site because of him.. Not like one of the more expensive converter brands (yank) customer service you read about on this site.
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Old Apr 27, 2005 | 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by boomcase
Even the bad converters problems you hear about dont offset the good things you hear about TCI , they have great customer service and in this market thats is what counts , and will do what it takes to make it right (kevin winstead) at TCI is the man to deal with and he is a great asset to tci and has sold alot of converters on this site because of him.. Not like one of the more expensive converter brands (yank) customer service you read about on this site.
First time I hear something bad about Yank.
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Old Apr 27, 2005 | 11:53 AM
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love my tci
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Old Apr 28, 2005 | 04:11 PM
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I've had my ssf3500 for over a year with nitrous, no problems yet.
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Old Apr 28, 2005 | 09:35 PM
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no problems with my tci.
all converters companies you wil hear bad things about them
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Originally Posted by Tiburon
First time I hear something bad about Yank.
Do a search on yank , **** there is one post just below this one about yank ..
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Old Apr 29, 2005 | 08:50 AM
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TCI gets the job done. If you want to splurge you could get a Yank.
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Old Apr 29, 2005 | 09:20 AM
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Well my TCI 4000 converter started acting up recently. It will not lock up any more. Not good seeing that it is in my daily driver. All is taken care of though. Called TCI and they are shipping me a new one. All I have to do is pay for labor and ship back the old one. Amazing customer service! TCI converters perform extremely well and have a great company to back them up.
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is the ssf3500 a lock up conveter?
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Old Apr 30, 2005 | 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Trick
is the ssf3500 a lock up conveter?

Yes it is.



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Originally Posted by DannoWS6
If you want to splurge you could get a Yank.
....or a Precision Industries Vigilante even
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Old May 2, 2005 | 01:43 AM
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I've had 3. My 01 had a 3500 in it. I liked it a lot until someone decided to run into it and totalled it. Then got a 99 with a 3200 already in it. I liked it too then decided to get a little crazy and upgrade to a 4400. Big thumbs up on TCI here.
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Old May 3, 2005 | 09:32 AM
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I love my TCI no problems so far (TCI 3000 stall with 2.73 gears)

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Old May 3, 2005 | 08:48 PM
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I love mine, hits really hard. TCI ssf 4000, and it loves the spray
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