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Plan on "mild cam",which stall? This is my DD, need GOOD suggestions. Not going to be cheap on the TC.

 

Need to know more about the cam. 3600+ I would think. Could only vouch for Yank and I love mine.

 

Yank SS3600 is a real safe bet.

 

im gonna run a vig. 3200 stall. the biggest i would go is a 3600. but i want something nice and tight, since my car is a daily driver and will never, ever, ever see the track. ive heard of people even running a 2800 stall. i cant see myself hooking up at a 4 way intersection, at a light with a 4k plus stall... lol..

 

Vig underrates thier stalls by 400 or so. So a Vig3200 is really a 3600 stall and probably not as tight as you want it to be. A Vig2800 is really a 3200 stall and is going to feel alot tighter and probably a little more effient.

You probably all ready knew that but just in case.

 

I ordered a Vig 2800-3000 from Speed Inc and it stalls up to 3600. Vig is very conservative with their stall ratings. By at least 500 rpms. Takes about 2500 rpm's to get up and going at a decent clip with traffic.

 

i had a buddy that learned that the hard way. his 3600 was more like a 4000. we tried to tell him that but he didnt wanna listen.

tci 3500 for something tight and "dd" my buddy had a 3800 and tuned felt great. but since then he has a 4800 and im running a 4400. just depends on what you call driveable

 

How exactly does stall work? If you have like a 3200 stall, you can still accelerate at less then 3200 rpm, right?

 

Yes you can The stock stall is 1800 so when you nail the gas your rpm's jump to 1800 and climb from there. With a 3200 stall when you nail the gas it'll jump to 3200 rpm's and climb from that point. This is part of why a big stall makes us so much quicker in the quarter mile. The LS1 makes more power at 3000+ rpm's. The 3000+ stalls usually have a shift extension of 4200-4700. This means that after the 1-2 and 2-3 shift you only fall down to that rpm (4200-4700) and begin the climb from there (again higher rpm's is where we make more power).

But that's under racing or WOT conditions. Under part throttle you'll need to give it a little more gas to get moving but a 3200 stall will not be bad at all. It'll almost feel stock. At slow speeds (under 40 mph) I can still sit at 1800 rpm's. At cruising speeds over 40 mph the converter locks and it drives like it did when stock.

It takes about one week to get used to a 3000-3800 stall. After that you wonder how the hell you lived so long without it

 

do you know tempting it is to get one of these stupid things??

How much usually for a install of a stall? Possible to do it from home?

 

i might have overread it but i didn't see the specs on your cam. One big thing is making sure you get it dynoed or even just base your TC off of the way that cam peforms. You want to make sure your TC will get you into the powerband of your car at the points you want quickly. That said Whatever size you get, get a yank.

 

$250-350 is an acceptable range to pay for an install. You need to remove the transmission to install it which requires getting the car pretty high off the ground so you can drop the tranny (preferrably on a transmission jack) and move it out of the way. There is a writeup on how to do this but most don't think it's worth it or don't have the proper tools to do it.

I paid $275 for mine to be installed. Next to the money spent on the converter itself, it was the best money I ever spent

 

Yank SS3200 for the kill. Very tight and performs well. Plus you will never see the track. Sounds like a winner to me.