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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 09:40 PM
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Anyone running this combo? I also have 3.23 gears. What E/t's and dyno numbers do you see?
I also have a nx 100 shot.
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 09:50 PM
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on motor it wont make ****, thats just the nature of the th400. mine lost TONS of power. however there have been a few cars down here in texas with th400 GOOD CONVERTER and nitrous running low 6s 1/8th mile with a ms3. the ms3 likes compression and nitrous. achieve those two things and you'll be fine.
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 09:56 PM
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well with the setup that i did have i had a 3200 stall, 216/220 cam and 100 shot.. and misc stuff like lid, pulley ...

i want to see atleast a high 11.
i seen a 12.1 on my old setup w/o LTs
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 10:05 PM
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do you already have a th400? i don't see why you would want a th400 if your goal is only a high 11. i went high 11s with a stock internal car on motor with a 4l60e
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 10:15 PM
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I went through to many 4l60e's . Last one i bought was a rock-on and i got bent over on that deal.. I was taking in consideration that the powerloss with the th400 .. so the cam will make up power to get me into the high 11's.
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 10:21 PM
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if you're breaking 4L60Es at the power level you are currently at you are doing something wrong. My car went 11.20s at 3500# with a BONE STOCK 4L60E and Yank PT4200. I'd figure out what the problem is there first before you go wasting money on things you don't need. What converter are you running?
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 10:27 PM
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well i guess your a luckly one. i have more plans for my car im just getting it ready.. i went 11.1 @ 123 with a stock tranny also.. and a 3200 tci . I Dont know if you know about rock-on but , 10 or more people got F,ed over and i was one of them.. insted of paying 1500 for a rebuild ill pay 500.. Im just tired of pos 4l60e
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How much power is lost with a th400?
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my car felt like it lost about 50rwhp after the th400 swap, BUT that was going from a pt4200 (loooooseeeee) converter to a ptc 4000 nitrous converter (tiiiiiggggggggght)
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 10:51 PM
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yeah ill just buy some heads to make up for the loss .. heh
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Ive heard people cutting off time from their et's going to a th400.
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