FTI torque converter
Originally Posted by XX11SECZXX
what part of i didnt get a bill is so hard to get through that small brain of yours?
If he really did rebuild your tranny for free then he wrote off the expense as advertizing dollars and that is exactly what you are trying to deliver too him. Too bad you ran into some guys with a clue that can shoot down all the BS he fed you. Hopefully those reading and not responding can see who knows what they are doing and who does not.
Far as build quality I have almost 4 years on my tranny, that is a real testament to quality, not 3 passes down the track.
Far as build quality I have almost 4 years on my tranny, that is a real testament to quality, not 3 passes down the track.
Originally Posted by 96capricemgr
Far as build quality I have almost 4 years on my tranny, that is a real testament to quality, not 3 passes down the track.
Been a while but I bet I have close too $2500 in the tranny can converter. The converter I went with the ProEdge which is capable of taking much more than I am hitting it with. Nitrous keeps catching my interest and I wanted to make sure I was ready should I ever take the plunge.
Originally Posted by 96capricemgr
If he really did rebuild your tranny for free then he wrote off the expense as advertizing dollars and that is exactly what you are trying to deliver too him. Too bad you ran into some guys with a clue that can shoot down all the BS he fed you. Hopefully those reading and not responding can see who knows what they are doing and who does not.
Far as build quality I have almost 4 years on my tranny, that is a real testament to quality, not 3 passes down the track.
Far as build quality I have almost 4 years on my tranny, that is a real testament to quality, not 3 passes down the track.
Dude, You're prolly not very far off from being banned on here, with your troll like responses and your constant plugs for non sponsor items and sites.
That lockup clutch prolly won't last much longer the way you keep abusing it. Some of the stuff we're discussing has nothing to do with common sense.
Matt
That lockup clutch prolly won't last much longer the way you keep abusing it. Some of the stuff we're discussing has nothing to do with common sense.
Matt
Originally Posted by XX11SECZXX
if everything i have stated on here is bs then explain why i can all of the suppen beat my buddies car doing nothing other then locking the converter in second gear?trust me you guys dont have a clue there are very few people on here who have any common sence. go to the need2speed site at least they know what they are talking about.
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Originally Posted by speed_demon24
No ones doubting it doing anything in your car since you have a shitty converter. If you had a yank, vig, or edge it wouldn't gain you anything noticable.
Exactly. A GOOD converter will only have a couple hundred rpms of slip at 6000rpms, not enough to leave open the possiblility of 2-3mph gains.
A crappy converter(or an 8" race unit with 4000+stall) will have maybe 5-600rpms of slip and will leave a big oportunity for gain by locking.
Think about it as science, the energy that goes into the converter has to come out in some form, it can not just disapear. If locking the converter results in a substantial gain then you are using energy that was being lost to something other than turning the wheels. We can assume that energy was lost to heat production. Losing energy to heat production is the very definition of inefficiency.
When a converter like a Edge,Yank, or Vigilante gaines less than 1 mph locking that means it was already using more of the input energy to turn the tires and not wasting it as heat.
this converter was built to be locked in second gear its not like some p.o.s converters out there. the lock up clutch is 3 times the size of a clutch in a tci or a yank. the guy to told me if i burn it up then he will replace it. if the converter is such a piece of **** they why dont some of you come out to the track and show me what your cars do.
Originally Posted by XX11SECZXX
this converter was built to be locked in second gear its not like some p.o.s converters out there. the lock up clutch is 3 times the size of a clutch in a tci or a yank. the guy to told me if i burn it up then he will replace it. if the converter is such a piece of **** they why dont some of you come out to the track and show me what your cars do.
Originally Posted by XX11SECZXX
this converter was built to be locked in second gear its not like some p.o.s converters out there. the lock up clutch is 3 times the size of a clutch in a tci or a yank. the guy to told me if i burn it up then he will replace it. if the converter is such a piece of **** they why dont some of you come out to the track and show me what your cars do.
You can't even keep your own facts straight. Your First post indicates your TC has an STR of 1.7. Further down you indicate 2.02. Which is it.
its 2.02 im going to the track wednesday (weather permiting) i just cant believe that just because someone has a converter that isnt made by a huge company it is automatically a piece of ****. this is a small company now but if you are ever at bithlo look at the cars over 50% of them have an FTI sticker on the back.you watch in a few years this will be a big company. my dad had a converter from yank when it he was a small company and now look he sells almost all of the converters for an fbody.
When I went with Edge they were not as well known as they are today. It is not about being big necessarily.
YOU also gave us some bad info. a 1.7 STR would be horrible, 2.02 still isn't great but is a whole lot better than what you told us.
Still though a 2-3mph gain if it does hold true means an inefficient converter, no debating it, just fact.
YOU also gave us some bad info. a 1.7 STR would be horrible, 2.02 still isn't great but is a whole lot better than what you told us.
Still though a 2-3mph gain if it does hold true means an inefficient converter, no debating it, just fact.
Originally Posted by XX11SECZXX
what about you your not across the country?
Originally Posted by XX11SECZXX
my dad had a converter from yank when it he was a small company and now look he sells almost all of the converters for an fbody.
Originally Posted by dhdenney
What does this mean? If Yank sells 99% of the converters for an Fbody, then why did you buy an FTI?
Originally Posted by XX11SECZXX
its 2.02 im going to the track wednesday (weather permiting) i just cant believe that just because someone has a converter that isnt made by a huge company it is automatically a piece of ****. this is a small company now but if you are ever at bithlo look at the cars over 50% of them have an FTI sticker on the back.you watch in a few years this will be a big company. my dad had a converter from yank when it he was a small company and now look he sells almost all of the converters for an fbody.
Not just for "props" though, you'd have to make it worth my time
