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Old Dec 6, 2006 | 11:54 PM
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I have a Rossler TH400 with RMVB and a transbrake. It does not have engine braking in 2nd but it does not bother me.
Its great for sneak attacks on the street, no one can tell when I downshift
I run a 4000 Coan converter and a huge tranny cooler and it works great.
With the 60E I was trashing transmissions left and right now with the TH400 I can't keep a rear end in it.
Dana 60 coming soon.
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Old Dec 7, 2006 | 01:17 AM
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I have engine braking in 2nd gear in my RMVB th400, mainly because of my gearing. I can go 120mph at the top of 2nd. It could hurt the trans if I let off and forgot to shift to 3rd. My tranny only freewheels in 1st. I cruise around town in 2nd gear quite a bit.
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Old Dec 7, 2006 | 01:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Frost
Very true... and in a high HP street car app tighter below stall is always better. The nice part about the turbo is that you can a converter that is tight with a lower rated stall speed and as the boost comes up, so does the stall speed. I have a 3K stall built beefcake for FI/NX and a heavy ride and will be running 3.08s in my 12-bolt.

So... Ninetres and everyone else here with th400s/350s with manual VBs and trans brakes:
How are yours setup? Did you opt for the less common with engine braking at least in second or are you free wheeling on the street?
I will be running 3.25s gears....no engine braking. Again, couldn't afford the add ons.

Mr President has 3.50s and he wants to go to 3.08s too, but is gonna wait to see how my 3.25s are. He has a 3600 fuddle stall.
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Old Dec 7, 2006 | 02:19 AM
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Originally Posted by ninetres
Are you saying a cooler designed for a 15,000 pound vehicle isn't enough? I got a tranny temp gauge going in too so I will definitely be keeping an eye on it!

Most of the stalled auto guys including me are running the B&M 24,000 GVW cooler.
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Old Dec 7, 2006 | 10:00 AM
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B&M 24,000GVW here. I just got my TH400 installed yesterday. I am running a custom SC3000 Yank verter. I need to find a TH400 yoke and get the 9 inch installed so I can measure for my drivshaft. Oh the fun of ordering parts and waiting...
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Old Dec 7, 2006 | 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by WhiteStripes
I think the only weak link would be the Fuddle. I mean you spent the extra money on all those other nice parts, so why not go with a Yank, Vig, or even a Chance converter? Just my two cents though. And in the end, it'd still be a tranny that I wouldn't mind sitting under my car.
good point (sarcasim). i went 1.391 60' on my cheap fuddle th400 converter on my shakedown runs (on radials). looking for mid 1.3 60' when i sort out the suspension and get the car UNDER 3600 lbs lol.

i love it when i see comments from guys that dont know.
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Old Dec 7, 2006 | 09:26 PM
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Fuddle showed up today

Not bad considering I ordered it last Friday morning....and it got here today (Thursday)!!!

Thanks John if you can see this!!!
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