Just tell me I'm making a huge mistake.
03-20-2006, 06:25 PM
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Just tell me I'm making a huge mistake. Right now, I'm putting together a really nice AI Heads/Cam package, and I even decieded to further my project by having the bottom end refreshed, bored 30 over and all the fun stuff. My cam is going to be a 224/230 @ 112LSA. Everything in the valvetrain will be completly new. One thing I forgot, I don't have a converter figured into all this, and even worse I defenatly don't have it figured into my budget. 
Will I be able to get by using the stock converter for a little while? Is it really going to be that bad? Most people I say it's not going to be to it's full potential and it's not going to run well at all. Anyone wanna chime in? I wish I had a 6 speed. 
Will I be able to get by using the stock converter for a little while? Is it really going to be that bad? Most people I say it's not going to be to it's full potential and it's not going to run well at all. Anyone wanna chime in? I wish I had a 6 speed. 
03-20-2006, 06:48 PM
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Like Illusion said, you'll be fine, what rpm does your cam start making power & what rpm do you launch at now?
As for "not having it figured into your budget"...dude
Ramen Noodles you don't really need a spoon or fork 
As for "not having it figured into your budget"...dude
Ramen Noodles you don't really need a spoon or fork 
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Yup.
Talk to some local transmission shops. Some of them may sell a restalled stock torque converter in the $175 range (~2400 stall). I had one I picked up for $180, I actually enjoyed it. It still felt "tight" when driving, but was loose enough to make driving with the hotcam a breeze.
Be warned that if you get a converter that's "looser" than ~3200, you may have problems with the PCM and shifting. I know Ed has a fix for that
but I don't. It's in the PCM program. I'm about to send my Yank ST3500 back and getting it restalled, asking them to get it as tight as possible for that design (hopefully down to ~3000 or so). I didn't like it at 3500, and ran in to PCM issues.
Talk to some local transmission shops. Some of them may sell a restalled stock torque converter in the $175 range (~2400 stall). I had one I picked up for $180, I actually enjoyed it. It still felt "tight" when driving, but was loose enough to make driving with the hotcam a breeze.
Be warned that if you get a converter that's "looser" than ~3200, you may have problems with the PCM and shifting. I know Ed has a fix for that
but I don't. It's in the PCM program. I'm about to send my Yank ST3500 back and getting it restalled, asking them to get it as tight as possible for that design (hopefully down to ~3000 or so). I didn't like it at 3500, and ran in to PCM issues. Trending Topics
03-21-2006, 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Camaroholic
Yup.
Talk to some local transmission shops. Some of them may sell a restalled stock torque converter in the $175 range (~2400 stall). I had one I picked up for $180, I actually enjoyed it. It still felt "tight" when driving, but was loose enough to make driving with the hotcam a breeze.
Be warned that if you get a converter that's "looser" than ~3200, you may have problems with the PCM and shifting. I know Ed has a fix for that but I don't. It's in the PCM program. I'm about to send my Yank ST3500 back and getting it restalled, asking them to get it as tight as possible for that design (hopefully down to ~3000 or so). I didn't like it at 3500, and ran in to PCM issues.
Talk to some local transmission shops. Some of them may sell a restalled stock torque converter in the $175 range (~2400 stall). I had one I picked up for $180, I actually enjoyed it. It still felt "tight" when driving, but was loose enough to make driving with the hotcam a breeze.
Be warned that if you get a converter that's "looser" than ~3200, you may have problems with the PCM and shifting. I know Ed has a fix for that
but I don't. It's in the PCM program. I'm about to send my Yank ST3500 back and getting it restalled, asking them to get it as tight as possible for that design (hopefully down to ~3000 or so). I didn't like it at 3500, and ran in to PCM issues.