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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by 99DWPTA
i'm rockin the TCI right now no problems
+1, what model converter did you have matt?
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 09:24 AM
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The only guy that I know here in my car club that has had a TCI converter had SERIOUS problems with his a few times before he got rid of it and got an SS4000. As far as I know he hasn't had any problems since. I went with yank now (it isn't installed yet) since I got to hear all of the horror stories from him... Basically it scared me away... lol
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Hennytime
+1, what model converter did you have matt?
The first one was a $800 custom built Max Effort 4500. The second one they sent me was a SSF 4000. Both couldn't handle a 11 second bolton LS1.

My Yank PT 4400 has been flawless!
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 11:12 AM
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Yank's the best i've seen.

vigilante is a great converter, but from personal experience Yank seems to be a more efficient converter.

when it comes to automatic transmissions/converters - you get what you pay for!
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 08:29 PM
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my tci seems to do fine "knocks on wood"....dont know why tci got brung up any way i dont think they have a verter even close to his 350 budget.....id say find a used one...
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 08:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt D
Kevin Winstead himself (Head of R&D) told me that 150 of the last 500 converters they have sold to LS1 owners have blown up. Yeah, they know what the **** they are doing. I got lucky enough to have two of them myself. One blew up after 3 months, and the other took three dyno pulls and then grenaded. I threw a Yank in and my problems went away. By all means, waste your money.
I have a SSF3500 and i have had no problems with it yet. knock on wood. i have done constant 12's on motor and 11's on Nitrous and it been good to me.i might be one of the lucky ones.
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