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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 01:37 AM
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How good is the Saturday Night Special Torque Converter from TCI? Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 03:47 AM
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I know the truck guys havent had good luck with them and I blew their street fighter 3k converter I will NEVER buy one of their converters after the bad exeprience I had with getting the stall rebuilt.
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 03:48 AM
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I like my 3000 Competition Stall.
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 05:43 PM
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I 've been running my TCI 3500 for about 2 years now with no problems.
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 07:54 PM
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I had 0 problems w/ my TCI SSF in my car. 1.6x 60's were quite common w/ it too...
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 07:58 PM
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I've been running my TCI SFF3500 for almost 3 years now, street & strip, daily driver.

If put any stalled convertor in, its always good idea to put a good trans cooler on to go with it.
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 08:26 PM
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4000 stall here. Had some mechanical issues a few months after I installed it. So I call up TCI and get a new replacement. Great customer service and product. They have my vote.
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 08:31 PM
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Never ran one, was going to do that or a used Vigi, I have had the Vigi 3200 since 03 and its worked great.
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Love my 3800 competition... think Ive put almost 10k on it. 1.6 60s w/ 3.23s, boltons, small cam, full weight. Its not that loose cept around 35-45mph. Shift extensions are around 5600-5700. Got my vote.
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Several of my frends are running TCI's stall. IMO, they are nice stalls for the money.
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I have a TCI SSF 3500. Have had no issues with it so far. Great converter IMO.
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