Gears or Stall??
06-23-2008 | 04:40 PM
#63
may help may not....I had 2.73s and ran the car bone stock.....I wont post times cause the track I run at is god awfull slow.....well I added full bolt ons 373s and a tune...it netted me 1 full second and 6mph....this was on drag radials......
then I added some axles and other mods to the 10 bolt alond with a ssf 4000 stall and a smallish cam and gained .9 and 4mph......
I wouldnt eliminate the gears all together but as others have stated the stall makes it alot more fun to drive.....I Vote Both......
then I added some axles and other mods to the 10 bolt alond with a ssf 4000 stall and a smallish cam and gained .9 and 4mph......
I wouldnt eliminate the gears all together but as others have stated the stall makes it alot more fun to drive.....I Vote Both......
06-26-2008 | 03:52 AM
#64
Great vid!
Good illustration of the difference.
With my stock stall and 2.73's, with a light foot it'll shift all the way into OD without even passing 2k rpm. So did mine
Question: 1/3 of my daily commute is on a long straight rural road with a 35mph speed limit. Traffic usually flows at 40mph. At a steady 40mph, does the converter lock and then you're running <1500 rpm? My yank ss3600 will lock at about 45 mph. You can get that tuned to what you want if you got the money.
I assume it locks on the highway, so highway mileage isn't affected. Correct
I was thining of a mild stall, say a 3k Circle D, and considering I'd keep the 2.73's and I do very little actual stop and go city driving, could I expect a minimal mileage dop? Say only 1-1.5? Or am I crazy? I haven't had my mileage tested yet. Still on the first tank. I have been giving it LOTs of hell and i got about 215 miles on this tank and i still got over a 1/4 tank. Something to think about. I know i'm not getting as good as mileage as before, but I am seriously giving it lots of hell.
I drive 64 miles a day, so I need all the mileage I can get! Well if that's highway miles. Then you need not worry!
I'm not looking to make a race car, I just want to wake the thing up a bit. She feels very sluggish with the 2.73's. It will wake them up a bit. I wish i could tell the difference of a gear change. I got 2.73s as well. It will definitely wake up the car. I got nitto 315s and they will burn em a lil bit even with 2.73s and hot pavement
Thanks.
Sorry if this is a threadjack.
Good illustration of the difference.
With my stock stall and 2.73's, with a light foot it'll shift all the way into OD without even passing 2k rpm. So did mine
Question: 1/3 of my daily commute is on a long straight rural road with a 35mph speed limit. Traffic usually flows at 40mph. At a steady 40mph, does the converter lock and then you're running <1500 rpm? My yank ss3600 will lock at about 45 mph. You can get that tuned to what you want if you got the money.
I assume it locks on the highway, so highway mileage isn't affected. Correct
I was thining of a mild stall, say a 3k Circle D, and considering I'd keep the 2.73's and I do very little actual stop and go city driving, could I expect a minimal mileage dop? Say only 1-1.5? Or am I crazy? I haven't had my mileage tested yet. Still on the first tank. I have been giving it LOTs of hell and i got about 215 miles on this tank and i still got over a 1/4 tank. Something to think about. I know i'm not getting as good as mileage as before, but I am seriously giving it lots of hell.
I drive 64 miles a day, so I need all the mileage I can get! Well if that's highway miles. Then you need not worry!
I'm not looking to make a race car, I just want to wake the thing up a bit. She feels very sluggish with the 2.73's. It will wake them up a bit. I wish i could tell the difference of a gear change. I got 2.73s as well. It will definitely wake up the car. I got nitto 315s and they will burn em a lil bit even with 2.73s and hot pavement
Thanks.
Sorry if this is a threadjack.
