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Old Dec 27, 2006 | 10:31 PM
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as in fuddle...what took their place as a cheap but decent convertor?
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Old Dec 27, 2006 | 10:34 PM
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I wont say we are particulary cheap but we are a much beyond just decent converer
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Old Dec 27, 2006 | 10:50 PM
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well i know u could pick up a fuddle convertor for a lil over 400 bucks, they were just as good as any other convertor out there...but i missed out on them

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I wont say we are particulary cheap but we are a much beyond just decent converer

how much could u build me a 3500 or a 4000 stall for my 4l60e?

let me know in a PM if u want...
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well i know u could pick up a fuddle convertor for a lil over 400 bucks, they were just as good as any other convertor out there...but i missed out on them




how much could u build me a 3500 or a 4000 stall for my 4l60e?

let me know in a PM if u want...
Ill sell you my fuddle LMAO
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Old Dec 27, 2006 | 11:06 PM
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3000 9.5 stall with lockup clutch---------$525.00----

3500 9.5 stall with lockup clutch---------$545.00----

4000 9.5 stall with lockup clutch---------$575.00----

4500 9.5 stall with lockup clutch----------$595.00----

5000 9.5 stall with lockup clutch----------$625.00-----

5500 9,5 stall with lockup clutch----------$675.00-----
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Old Dec 28, 2006 | 12:09 AM
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Fuddle is back in business!
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Old Dec 28, 2006 | 02:57 AM
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fuddle isnt a bad converter...put my 3200 in and out of the box cut a 1.64 on stock sus. and d/r little tweak on the launch and i got a 1.60 out of it with bottle ive went 1.50 and 7.0 at 100mph cam+125
nice street manners...i plan on gettin another and have them tighten it a little for juice...
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I wont say we are particulary cheap but we are a much beyond just decent converer

If you guys do everything you have listed on your site with each converter, that's a lot more than even some of the more expensive guys do. 9.5" is a very good size to go with too.
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Our converter is built exactly to those specifications
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Our converter is built exactly to those specifications

Well, I won't say which brand it was, but when my old converter/tranny died, I had it rebuilt by a local guy that does converters (been doing it for 20 some years, and builds them for all the single digit drag cars in town, as well as for pretty much anything else) and he showed me the insides of it, and I was very suprised to find out that it was all stock parts inside, as well as parts from a ford tranny (also stock) that had been modified so it would work with the GM stuff. Not a bad thing to do, just weird.

It was an older converter that they don't make anymore, so it may be different now, but that particular converter wasn't anything special. Not that it was bad at all, in fact it was an awesome converter (picked up .7-.9 in the 1/4 with it), but nothing inside was special, custom or even stronger than stock.

So, for what you guys do with it, and that size of converter, that's a very good price for what you get. I would seriously look into your converters knowing what I know now if there wasn't a local guy in town that builds them.
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well perhaps next time , We really do have and excellent product , Much better that the price would indicate. Hopefully as time passes and more people get them then everyone will realize just what we do have , In the mean time I get to pull teeth of the ones who do have them to speak up , cause we are all the same if its good you say good then forget about it , lol , Thats just the way we are ,
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We have some models that are proven and have a great warrenty at low prices

http://www.converter.cc/converters/street/GM/1/main.htm
the lower stall converters up to 3000 stall are tuning exempt as no special tune is needed, a real cost advantage
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Originally Posted by performabuilt
3000 9.5 stall with lockup clutch---------$525.00----

3500 9.5 stall with lockup clutch---------$545.00----

4000 9.5 stall with lockup clutch---------$575.00----

4500 9.5 stall with lockup clutch----------$595.00----

5000 9.5 stall with lockup clutch----------$625.00-----

5500 9,5 stall with lockup clutch----------$675.00-----

On the 4000, what str is it? And what kind of warranty do you guys have?
Im looking at purchasing a stall this spring.
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jon should be responding soon...paging fuddle
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1 year warranty and since the converters are custom manufactured str is determined by you needs
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hazleton? I that's pretty close

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Stephanie08- thats a sweet GTO any more pictures?
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