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Old Aug 9, 2005 | 01:01 AM
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Ok i've been thinking and i wanna try to get my converter restalled lower. Right now its at about 5300. I bought this converter while i was putting my car together for "cam only" but i ran over budget and decided to throw a stock cam in it.
So far i've run a best of 7.05 @ 96 with a 1.51 60 ft. (hopefully going to 1/4 this friday if those bastards don't cancel it again ) Anyways the car pulls the wheels about 6"-9" but then kinda noses over when coming out of the hole. I'm assuming this is cause its a stock cam and a 5300 stall. I mean a stock cam peaks (torque) at 4400, see the problem.
A restall is about $150 but my car will be down for at least 1.5-2 weeks. I would just order a second converter so my car wouldn't be down at all but i'm payin for my wedding and that kind of kills the race car budget.
I was just going to keep this stall and wait till i threw a cam in it but
1. i wanna see how fast i can go on the stock cam
2. i'll probably not get a cam till late next year
3. since i'm still driving 90 miles a day (moving closer to work after i get hitched) a cam would really hurt the MPG
SO.. you think a restall to 4400 would be worth it? would it JUST help improve my 60' and nothing else? any help is much apretiated. thanx guys.
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Old Aug 9, 2005 | 08:20 AM
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a 4400 convertor would definately help you out in teh driveabilty and performance. just as a question does your convertor actually flash at 5300 behind your stock ls1 motor? that would surprise me a lot.
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Old Aug 9, 2005 | 12:08 PM
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Don't really care about the driveability. i think it drives perfect as it is. and yeah it flashes to about 5300. on the trans brake with my Tech2 plugged in it goes to 5,285 rpm.
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Old Aug 9, 2005 | 02:40 PM
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Everybody else has run slower when going over 4600 rpm on a stock motor.

If you could get a more forward blade angle and improve efficency and gain more shift extension, just cutting it back to 4800/5000 would help. Going back to a 4400 would probably take a major gutting and you need to be sure of the new pump/stator combo before doing that.
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