torque converter or hotcam?
Originally Posted by stone150
i am tring to decide if i should go with a torque converter or lt4 hot cam next? i have just small bolt ons
On The Tree
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If you have 3.23s which I assume you do since it's a ws6 I wouldn't really bother with moving to a 3.73. To run a converter you're going to need drag radials all the time if you expect to hook. Personally I would go with the converter and hold off on the cam and get something bigger.
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Originally Posted by stik6shift93
Thats true but that cam is gonna take away some low end power which will hurt a car with a stock converter. Personally i'd never do a cam without doing a converter first.
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Originally Posted by enisguy
Converter first. a torque converter is absolutely not a waste of money. Anybody who says so is probably an M6 driver 
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Originally Posted by BRETTINATOR
Yeah Enisguy is right, I'm an M6, wasn't taking that into consideration I reckon.
Originally Posted by enisguy
Take it easy killer. I was just kidding. I guess you didn't notice the winky face.
hey have ya noticed we got a pretty damn decent lt1 tech board going on here now...pretty baddass if ya ask me....
Originally Posted by BRETTINATOR
I was jez suh saying ya had my back bro....
hey have ya noticed we got a pretty damn decent lt1 tech board going on here now...pretty baddass if ya ask me....
hey have ya noticed we got a pretty damn decent lt1 tech board going on here now...pretty baddass if ya ask me....
I have a Vigi 3200, I drove it through Houston traffic, from West Houston to U of H daily. The car was 100% streetable, in an auto, a stall and some 3.73s on drag radials is an easy 7 tenths, proven, time and time again. Also autos can get real quick on the stock 10 bolts, different beast from an M6. 3 friends of mine, two TH350s, 1 4L60E have all hit 10s on 10 bolts. With my TA I can drive it around and never break 2K if I wnated to, 3K and I'm moving faster than most traffic. I think its just as streetable as the stock converter was.
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Dam you figure all the A4 guys would have chimed in and said that the best mod for a auto would have to be a torque converter HANDS DOWN, gears will make your car seem faster but reality is they only show minimal gains 1 to 1 1/2 tenths in the 1/4 as for a converter its an easy 3 to 5 tenths and will make your car feel like you changed the gears. Pick a cam carefully , to me a hotcam with no stall will not perform well .
