Testing out the TH400 for the first time

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Feb 10, 2010 | 10:19 PM

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I would have thought a 3000-3200 would have been a good start, but you will figure it out. Circle-D stuff is nice, I just don't like having to take it back out a few times to get the stall right. Had three experiences with them (On customer cars) and they all required several removals to get the stall right. But with that said I have one of there converters as well they hold up.
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Feb 11, 2010 | 06:32 AM

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Damn nice Tiago. That thing should lay down a sick ET once you get her dialed in. Looks like a handful to drive, but fun at the same time.

Feb 11, 2010 | 07:13 AM

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The last 3 seconds of that video gave me a seizure. It looks quick as hell man. Let us know how it turns out.

Feb 11, 2010 | 07:32 AM

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i had the same thought when i bought mine, i started at about 2800. ended up pulling the tranny for something else so i bumped it up to about 3200 and its perfect, flashes about 3400 to 3500 then pulls back down, catch the foot brake and throttle just right leaving off idle and it hits like a freight train. ive got the 258mm stage 2 2c and 4l60e

Feb 11, 2010 | 08:57 AM

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3400 on the foot brake is way too loose...i cant get mine over 2500 2600 with the foot brake and been 1.3x 60's before...but i do have a little more gear

Feb 11, 2010 | 10:15 AM

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brake boosting it from a stop it would get to 3400 ish... never tried the trans brake.

sounds loose. Try the transbrake. Dont sit on it... just put it to the floor see where the tach goes and stop.

im gonna guess ... wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy to loose.

Feb 11, 2010 | 11:50 AM

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lol yea... I will try it with the new verter this weekend.

Feb 11, 2010 | 12:40 PM

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i will tell you this... I drive my car around with pump gas and 10psi... if i have my 28inch tall radials on i cant even get into it on the street. It will blaze the tire in 3rd from 50mph like its nothing.

and 10psi is not that much power....lol

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Feb 11, 2010 | 01:58 PM

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What radial u run on the street?

Feb 11, 2010 | 02:13 PM

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Im running a M&H 345/35/18

Feb 11, 2010 | 03:33 PM

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Im running a M&H 345/35/18

now we know why you werent spinning LOL. Tiago what side of town do you live on?

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Feb 11, 2010 | 06:54 PM

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now we know why you werent spinning LOL. Tiago what side of town do you live on?

I am in Sugar Land.

Feb 12, 2010 | 07:43 AM

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I am in Sugar Land.

Some excellent long strait flat wide smooth stretches of freeway down there, perfect for the Texas Mile shakedown passes

i thought i recognized the roads from the vid, im up in the memorial area, like 10 min from Circle D.

Feb 12, 2010 | 07:57 AM

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Dont loose faith. You still havent felt the magic.

Feb 13, 2010 | 09:16 PM

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put the new verter back in today, along with a fresh set of TR9's gapped to 0.028 but developed a coolant leak in one of the radiator hoses, totally unrelated to what I was working on, thats usually how **** goes wrong lol.

Feb 14, 2010 | 06:57 PM

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fixed coolant leak...

verter feels a LOT tighter... cant even barely hit 2000 rpms foot braking it.. was just driving around to top off the trans fluid level. Will drive it more next week

Feb 14, 2010 | 07:21 PM

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fixed coolant leak...

verter feels a LOT tighter... cant even barely hit 2000 rpms foot braking it.. was just driving around to top off the trans fluid level. Will drive it more next week

Get that bitch to the track and get some vids!

Feb 15, 2010 | 02:42 AM

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I have a super tight niel chance pro mod verter in mine.I cant foot brake it over 3 but my car got way faster with the th400 and this verter than it was with the 6spd even on roll races.

Feb 15, 2010 | 04:12 AM

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need track times!

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Feb 15, 2010 | 11:43 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SuperZ

I have a super tight niel chance pro mod verter in mine.I cant foot brake it over 3 but my car got way faster with the th400 and this verter than it was with the 6spd even on roll races.

Heresy! Blasphemy! Everyone knows that Autos are for quarter mile racing and 6spds for roll racing. How dare you defy the established false belief system!

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