I am finally going to be doing a torque converter upgrade. I don't just take my cars places and say here's what I want done, do it. I carefully select every part and provide it for the installer. In most case I am the installer, but I wont be doing the converter swap in my driveway.

So here's the deal. I have a 3.42 diff installed already and am going for a 2800 stall converter upgrade. At the same time, I am having my torque tube pulled and rebuilt with new bushings, bearings, seals, pilot bearing, etc because of the vibrations I have been getting since I bought this thing.

So my list is as follows and I am fairly certain on most items. I need recommendation for what I don't have filled in and what I am missing altogether.

Torque Converter - Yank stealth thruster 2800
Cooler - A fanned one, need help with size/ brand selection
Torque tube poly bushing kit- unsure on on brand/ what all is involved
diff/trans brace - Dynotech engineering (DTE)
C6 or aftermarket tunnel plate w/ heat shield while its all apart.

Other than tuning, what else will I need to get all this done?

I need to know the inlet/outlet sizes and what not before I can select a cooler.
And is there a simple kit that has everything for the torque tube? I don't know if the base C5 has the 10mm 6 shooter, or the 12mm. I'm guessing 10mm. This is all stuff I need clarified. Any help is appreciated.


Oh its a 99 coupe with 67k miles. The end project will be a 400whp street car. After this is the heads and cam project.

 

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Well I picked up a C6 tunnel plate, and just got off the phone with Yank. They convinced me to get the ss 3200 converter. A 10% off sale starts tomorrow and lasts till the 9th. So i will order in the next few days.

Now I just need to decide on a cooler, if I need the brace or not, and a got torque tune rebuild kit.

Any help on this would be appreciated!

 

RPMtransmissions recommends the B&B #70297 fanned cooler kit, so I will go with that.
Decided no to the DTE brace. Doesn't seem needed for my power level. And $400 more is stretching my budget.

Now its just the tt rebuild kit that I need help with.

New list as follows.

Yank ss 3200 converter $695.00 with shipping and 10% sale from Yank
C6 tunnel plate $70.00 shiped from e-bay
B&M 70297 cooler $229.95 from Summitracing
and a torque tube rebuild kit. $?????

 

Bump! Someone must have done all this before! I need a list of all the torque tube parts and where to get them.