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Old Oct 25, 2002 | 03:24 PM
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Default Torque Converter and Dyno Numbers?

When I had my car dynoed the first time it had the stock converter in it. Now I have a VIG 3200 and want to know if the converter will make my numbers go up, down, or have no effect at all?
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Old Oct 25, 2002 | 04:03 PM
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My car dyno'd 318rwhp & 335tq with the stock converter. Couple weeks later it went 314rwhp & 390tq with the addition of a Yank TP-4400.

BTW: ET went from a 12.67 @ 108.83 to a 12.07 @ 111.42 <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> I'll take the HP loss <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
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Old Oct 25, 2002 | 04:09 PM
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Default Re: Torque Converter and Dyno Numbers?

tq will increase but your HP may stay the same or drop a tad...

its also hard to really dyno a4's with stall... mine had issues on the dyno and only showed 277hp and 300 tq with a vig3600 <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />

but i went from 12.8's to 11.9's with stall and headers on nittos
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Old Oct 25, 2002 | 04:12 PM
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Thanks
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Old Oct 25, 2002 | 04:16 PM
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Don't worry about numbers. ET's are what matter. OK now that being said HP will drop off and TQ will go up. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
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Old Oct 25, 2002 | 05:06 PM
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I was trying to figure out how much horsepower I gained from my headers, cats, y-pipe, and dyno tuning. My fist dyno was 310 before the mods listed above, and torque converter. My new dyno was 333, but I expected a little more out of the headers, y-pipe, cats and dyno tuning. If the converter robs me of a few horsepower then it would make sense.
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Old Oct 25, 2002 | 05:13 PM
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Yes it is. My converter and built tranny are hp theifs. You could see maybe 10 hp loss on the high side depending on which converter you have.
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