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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 10:52 PM
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I have a 3400 stall and i think that it is to big. What size do you guys think that i should go with?
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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 10:55 PM
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I think that would be a good stall for your set up.
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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 11:06 PM
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I dont think its too big at all. I run a 3600 with a little larger cam and love it. I would have went with a 4000 if I was staying N/A.
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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 11:07 PM
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i can understand if it's dd, but it should be fine if it's a lockup, i have a 28-3k for a dd now, had a 25-28k was nice but made no differance from stock 60' times.
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 06:30 AM
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You'll be fine. I'm running a Vig 3200 on a stock motor.
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 08:49 AM
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i just installed my yank 3600 last night and i have a hotcam car, seems find just have to get it tuned for the cam and lock up mph but iam waiting to put my other mods in first before i get it tuned
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 05:20 PM
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What do you mean bye get it tuned for the lock up mph? It just has a little bit of a lag till it hits the stall. I just thought i need to get a smaller one. But i have also not had it tuned also. So what do you mean by tuning for a stall????
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 05:27 PM
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3400 should work fine. Who's stall is it???

Tuning can help tame them a little.

If you still would like the drivability to be a little snappier maybe consider a bigger TB before going down in stall. they allow more air with less throttle input and increaase throttle response that way.
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 05:32 PM
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I have a bigger tb. It just feels two big bc i can go down the street in forth and be at 2000 rpms and stomp it and it will down shift and then be in third at about 3000 and it just takes a little bit for the stall to kick in, it just has a lag i think???
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 08:34 PM
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see for most stock cars from what i learned the stock tune locksup the converter around 38-43 mph... i feel that i would want my car to lock up a little before that so a tune can make this happen... its all with the set up of ur car, and what u feel is right for the car... i think iam going to have it lock up(stop spinning) around 32-34mph. couple mph below but i think it will help out.
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Ok now who can i talk to that can tune it to lock up sooner?
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 11:45 AM
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Ok now who can i talk to that can tune it to lock up sooner?
Whats up, i was just wondering what u run in the 1/4.
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 12:59 PM
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Whats up, i was just wondering what u run in the 1/4.
I had the time to go and take it to the 1/4 mile track yet. But before i had the cam, headers, and stall i ran a 9.00 in the 1/8. I only ran it like twice.
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 01:06 PM
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Is teh car tuned yet with the cam swap ??
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 01:32 PM
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I had the time to go and take it to the 1/4 mile track yet. But before i had the cam, headers, and stall i ran a 9.00 in the 1/8. I only ran it like twice.
What was the temperature and conditions? My z28 with just intake/exhaust pulled consistent 8.7s.
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Old Apr 2, 2008 | 05:41 PM
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I have not had the car tuned yet. But i only ran at the track one time and it was about 60 or 70.
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