converter advice
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From: mempho, tn
converter advice
have the tranny sent up to rodney(crashed94) FOR A MAKOVER ON FRIENDS 98 A4 car. he daily drives it, has 373 gears, stainless works full length headers,x, corsa rear, vararam, ls6, etc. does auto x and high speed drivers ed stuff, very rare drag, only at bowling green events, etc. may do head and cam in future, my question is do you suggest a converter since the labor is done, and what size to get performance gain and maintain stock type driving character. thanks, joe
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Originally Posted by ADMIRAL JOE
have the tranny sent up to rodney(crashed94) FOR A MAKOVER ON FRIENDS 98 A4 car. he daily drives it, has 373 gears, stainless works full length headers,x, corsa rear, vararam, ls6, etc. does auto x and high speed drivers ed stuff, very rare drag, only at bowling green events, etc. may do head and cam in future, my question is do you suggest a converter since the labor is done, and what size to get performance gain and maintain stock type driving character. thanks, joe
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Originally Posted by XTrooper
With 3.73 gears it's hard to beat something in the 3500 stall speed range. That's what I'd recommend. He'll get a huge performance gain and the 3.73 gears will keep the car from feeling too loose.
I could not agree more, the Trooper is right on target. The Yank SS3600
would be the perfect choice IMO. I ran the very similar Yank ST3500 in my car with 3.73 gears and the combo gave great performance with excellent street manners.
