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Old Dec 10, 2008 | 02:30 PM
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anyone ever heard of their converters? any good?
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Old Dec 10, 2008 | 02:35 PM
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I used one in the TH350 setup I use to have. I bought the converter off Ebay. 3400 Nitrous stall. Brazed fins, anti-ballooning plates etc. Worked great. I sprayed it many times. I street drove the converter very often no problems. I believe the name to be Redneck Performance out of Texas. Are we talking abou the same company??
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Old Dec 10, 2008 | 02:38 PM
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yea thats the place...just never heard of them and wanted to know if they were legit...i need to get a 3600 stall so i can get my cam installed and cant afford a yank right now...will they work with the stock transmission?
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Old Dec 10, 2008 | 02:41 PM
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I am unsure. I think what they sell is used converters rebuilt to the buyers specs. Give them a call. They are a little hard to get ahold of but, they're super cool guys.
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Old Dec 10, 2008 | 02:41 PM
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Ive had great results with a converter I got from them. 4k stall for a th350 fitted for a ls1 flexplate. However, Ive had 2 trannys break from there. One they forgot some sort of washer. They fixed the first one for free and didnt offer **** when the return busted. I will be sending the converter to them to loosen it up a bit more. They are doing that for $100 and cleaning out all the **** from their trans that broke.
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Old Dec 10, 2008 | 02:45 PM
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hm not bad...theres this guy on here selling one for 100 obo and i was like **** thats a deal if they build good converters
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My dad broke a trans from there also. Destroyed everything but final gear. It was the biggest badded TH350 they sold. Like 1300.00 Car pulled a 1.42 60' and lost 4mph by the end of the run. After that it only worked in 3rd gear.
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Old Dec 10, 2008 | 02:50 PM
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Lol @ the name.. that's interesting..
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Old Dec 10, 2008 | 02:50 PM
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My dad broke a trans from there also. Destroyed everything but final gear. It was the biggest badded TH350 they sold. Like 1300.00 Car pulled a 1.42 60' and lost 4mph by the end of the run. After that it only worked in 3rd gear.
so what are you saying haha
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Originally Posted by shutzero
hm not bad...theres this guy on here selling one for 100 obo and i was like **** thats a deal if they build good converters
Be careful. Make sure it's clean. Everything goes through the converter. So, if there's metal and clutch residue from a blown tranny, it will be in the converter and it will transfer to your trans if it isn't cleaned. If it's cleaned 100.00 bucks is a good deal. If not it has to be cut open and cleaned and that can caust about 150.00+ depending on where you go.
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so what are you saying haha
I think they may have a little problem building a TH350 to hold the power they advertise but, the coverters are the bomb diggity.
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Originally Posted by shutzero
yea thats the place...just never heard of them and wanted to know if they were legit...i need to get a 3600 stall so i can get my cam installed and cant afford a yank right now...will they work with the stock transmission?
I wouldn't half a** when it comes to a stall. I would save up the cash and get a Yank ss3600
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I wouldn't half a** when it comes to a stall. I would save up the cash and get a Yank ss3600

There's far more and better companies for TH350/400 racing converters than Yank and Vigilante out there
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There's far more and better companies for TH350/400 racing converters than Yank and Vigilante out there
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