Advantages/Disadvantage of stall
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From: Thomasville, GA
Originally Posted by staringback05
personally id go with just the 3k stall...itd still wake up, above a 3200 ur looking at heat and wear on a stock tranny
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From: Wichita KS / Rancho San Diego
Originally Posted by dirtyblackhoe
can you explain the looseness?
For a stock tranny with a shift kit I am thinking 3000 is where i should be...anything wrong with a stall and a shift kit intalleD?
Originally Posted by dirtyblackhoe
Man I never thought yall would be running such high stall convertors. What is the advantage/disadvantage of a higher stall. With this being my DD i want to keep gas mileage as good as possible BTW
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awesome guys. I just talked to Fuddle and he suggested a 3000/2.0 for me since I plan to stay stock internals and no cam for a while....so as soon as the car gets here that is going ot be ordered.
Originally Posted by SVT THIS
You will benefit from the stall in 2 ways.
When you floor it, instead of ******* its way up the powerband (slowly increasing rpms), it will flash it to 3k rpms (or whatever your stall is set at). It is similar to dumping the clutch in a 6-speed car.
Secondly, when you are driving certain MPH (40 and 70 for me), when you floor it you will hit dead spots. The gear will not drop down and you will slowly pull through 2k, 3k, 4k rpms and so on. With the stall, when you floor it, there will be no dead spot. It will flash up to your stall speed.
Having a stall puts your car into its peak power spots much quicker. You will drop about a second in the quarter mile with a 3500 stall and sticky tires.
On stock/bolt on cars 3-3500 is a good stall. I would not go less than 3000 though.
If you add a medium sized cam, 3800-4000 is a good point. A huge cam would benefit from 4400+ sized stalls.
Most people don't experience bad gas mileage as a direct result from the stall. However, you may find yourself hot rodding a bit more!
When you floor it, instead of ******* its way up the powerband (slowly increasing rpms), it will flash it to 3k rpms (or whatever your stall is set at). It is similar to dumping the clutch in a 6-speed car.
Secondly, when you are driving certain MPH (40 and 70 for me), when you floor it you will hit dead spots. The gear will not drop down and you will slowly pull through 2k, 3k, 4k rpms and so on. With the stall, when you floor it, there will be no dead spot. It will flash up to your stall speed.
Having a stall puts your car into its peak power spots much quicker. You will drop about a second in the quarter mile with a 3500 stall and sticky tires.
On stock/bolt on cars 3-3500 is a good stall. I would not go less than 3000 though.
If you add a medium sized cam, 3800-4000 is a good point. A huge cam would benefit from 4400+ sized stalls.
Most people don't experience bad gas mileage as a direct result from the stall. However, you may find yourself hot rodding a bit more!
Here's the vid, this was all done in 2nd gear. Took about 7 seconds to hit 85 from 40, not too bad for just 1 gear. 
40mph roll WOT
40mph roll WOT
Originally Posted by streetassasin
So 3500+ stalls dont over heat the tranny on a DD?
as i understand it, any aftermarket converter will heat the tranny, requiring a cooler.
I've seen some complaints/issues with fuddle lately.
Precision Industres (Vigilante) is pretty much the best in the business. I love mine.
Yank is also highly recommended
