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Old 01-27-2011, 03:13 PM
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My Th350 doesnt have a TB but I do have a 2step. If I set the 2step up to the the point the car doesnt push threw the brakes and optimum stall speed(lets just say 2500 rpms) it should work similar correct?
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From the way you describe it...yes lol. Obviously you can't exceed your footbrake stall speed like you can with a trans brake
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I think it would work. Just wanna have my foot all the way in gas and see who else has done it.
Some converters like leaving off idle and others like being stalled up. So depending on that is, is where I would set the 2step. Either way I would have my foot to the floor already.
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I do know that a 2 step will work without a transbreak, I just dont know high you can set it up to. I'm curious myself.
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The 2-step will allow you to hold a certain rpm as long as it isn't high enough to push through the brakes. The way you are describing will work just fine.
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Im thinking to the point you push threw the brakes and your car starts moving.
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Originally Posted by zracer323
The 2-step will allow you to hold a certain rpm as long as it isn't high enough to push through the brakes. The way you are describing will work just fine.
Cool thats my plan then! Anybody do it and get good results?
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Freakin sucks going from a stick to an auto and having to learn how to launch it all over again lol. I never used my 2 step without the TB...never thought about it honestly.
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i had the lingenfelter lnc-003 box in my mustang at the end of last year. it is the one that has two 2-steps. i had it set up where the first one would activate on the foot brake at 3000 rpm and the second on the transbrake at 3900. that way i could foot brake the car into the beams while having it floored, then once i got into the beams grab the transbrake and let off the foot brake and then it would jump up to my launch rpm all while keeping it to the floor. this way it would be a full boost before i got into the beams for racing on a pro tree. it ended up spooling fast enough i didnt have to use it but i did try the 2-step on the foot brake and it worked fine. one thing i did figure out though, my brake lights are on a pressure switch on the front brake line in an extra port on my linelock solenoid. so when on the linelock my brake lights were on. no big deal except for the first time i tried to do a burnout my car wouldnt rev past 3k rpm until i turned off the linelock. once i figured out why it was doing that, the fix was to put a relay on it so when the linelock switch was on, it would break the signal going to the lingenfelter box so that the 3k 2-step would not kick in while i was trying to do a burnout. you wont have that problem as im sure most people still use the mechanical switch on the pedal, just thought i would share my experience.
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Using the 2-step as described will work just fine. A lot of guys in the stock eliminator world are using 2-steps with a button on the brake pedal.
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Never thought about putting it on the brake pedal. Dont think that would work to good on the street.
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Originally Posted by AChotrod
Never thought about putting it on the brake pedal. Dont think that would work to good on the street.
An actual button on the pedal, off to the left side. Normal street driving you would still use your right foot for braking.

Edit: Did you convert to an automatic brake pedal? The stick brake pedal may be too small for this.
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It will have the T56 pedals. Ill take a look and see if it might work.
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Trans brake and 2 step are complete different

A 2 step is just a rev limiter that allows you to set it @ your desired RPM as much as your converter will allow. With out a trans brake Depending on your converter i dont see you getting enough rpm to need a 2step
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I plan on a 4000+ stall and just want to have the gas pedal on the floor. Let off the brake and button and be gone. I think it should work pretty good? Car should have 650-700rwhp. Works great with my T56
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have a trans break installed and call it a day
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Ya your prob right, but I have a good trans JW bell RMVB etc and the 2step. So I figure this would work good and not cost me anything.
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I had my car setup like that at the begining of last year. MSD 6al-2 box. two step wire i ran to a toggle switch so i could turn it off for doing burnouts(didnt have a line loc) then ran it to my brake light switch. doesnt let you bring rpm ups any higher than you would normally footbrakin it but it made it nice to stage like at barely above an idle to keep staging consistant. no worries about rolling thru the beam when trying to hold rpm up after first bulb. couldnt use it because no 2steps allowed in footbrake(no/e) but any other time its nice. only thing wrong with that was since it was WOT the computer was still sending same fuel amount as if you were trying to launch and build rpm. so on a low rpm setting like 3.4k it would have to much fuel once id launch it seemed like it would take a split second to clear out before it started building rpm. my 60fts were usually 2-3hundreths slower....
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Interesting you lost a couple hundreths. Consistency was better though?
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It stayed right about 2-3 hundredths slower top end aswell.. and no didn't make me anymore consistent... but I've been racing footbrake for 13 yrs now so I've got staging consistently down and keepin a steady rpm. But it did not take away from tho.


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