Go with the VIG 3200 dude since ya wanna retain your streetability, I ran the 2800 for a bit but didnt feel like it was enough so now i'm stepping up to the 3600 <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> Best of luck to ya hope it works out the way ya want it.

 

Thanks for the feedback. I ordered a ST3500. It was a tough choice between a Vig 2800, 3200 or a Yank ST3500. I kept looking at the Dyno numbers (old info) on the yank web site and the ST3500 just stood out more. I think if I went with the Vig 2800 I would have sold myself short <img border="0" title="" alt="[Sad]" src="gr_sad.gif" />

Time to whoop some 03 Cobra @$$ <img border="0" alt="[devil]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_devil.gif" />
<img border="0" alt="[Firebird]" title="" src="graemlins/formula.gif" />

 

Uhhhh, I did try reading Blue's response. If I interpreted that correctly, he's saying that an aftermarket converter in a stock 4L60E is going to ruin your trans??? I installed a Vig 3200 in my SS three days after buying it, and I never had a problem. I added a TransGo shift kit two months later, but that's it. The rest of the transmission is stock. I'm now running a Yank PT4400 with no problems. I ran a Vig 2800 in my '98 T/A with a stock trans for 7 months then switched to a Vig 3200. I went over two years on the stock trans before I had to upgrade.

 

I know 2 guys with a ST3500 converter. One of them has had the converter for about a year (I think). He hasnt had any problem I know of. The other just got his and put 3.73 gears in. It drives just like stock put need a little tuning with HPP (shift points). I'm getting a tranny cooler just in case.

 

Hey Trevor. Did you remove your shift kit before you installed your TP4400? I have read that Yank doesn't recommend running a kit with his converters.

Later.

Jim

 

Yank doesn't recommend against shift kits, they just say they their converter owners can achieve maximum performance without them...ie: they're not needed.

 

Thanks Patrick. I want to make sure in case I decide to switch back to a Yank.

Jim

 

I got my Yank 3000 about 3 yrs ago. No tranny problems other than some over-heat. Then I got a bigger cooler and stopped going up long hills in 4th OD. <img border="0" alt="[Burnout]" title="" src="graemlins/burnout.gif" />

 

My car is a daily driver with 2.73 gears. I fretted for months over which torque converter to get. I test drove a car with a SY3500 in it, and I HATED IT! I wouldn't want to slush around town like that with the motor reving up but not going anywhere. That can't be good for the engine, either. The car did literally leap into the air when I punched it, but I really shouldn't be launching like that in city traffic either.

I finally decided (I thought) on a Yank 3000. When I called Mike at Yank to buy the converter, he talked me out of it! Instead, he recommended a Stealth 2800 or Stealth 3000 -- two models that several people on the buletin boards had specifically advised me against. (Not enough, they said.) It was already clear to me that I was never going to get a concensus. I decided just to trust the guy who made his living with torque converters. I bought a Yank ST2800.

Well, I couldn't be any happier with it. The car actually has better street manners with the higher stall torque converter than it did with the original. It doesn't try to go 15 MPH at idle, and the throttle response is not as touchy. Most importantly, the "dead spots" are gone. There are no speeds at which I don't get good acceleration when I put my foot in it. The converter locks up in OD at 45 MPH, like it's supposed to, and it hasn't thrown any codes.

Give Mike a call and tell him your situation. I think it would be a mistake to let those three trips to the track per year influence your decision. You are not going to have the fastest car at the track regardless of what you get, so you might as well get one that is best for the other 362 days in the year.

Dave

 

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Dave Jones:
<strong>My car is a daily driver with 2.73 gears. I fretted for months over which torque converter to get. I test drove a car with a SY3500 in it, and I HATED IT!
Dave</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Just curious, did the car you test drove with the SY3500 have 2.73 gears?

 

Mr. Jones that was an excellent post.
Thanks for your input.