Sounds really interesting.
I'm planing on adding some 3.42's.
What would you say is a good T/C for this cam and the gears for street use?

Also, will I save money if I have them installed together?

 

For mostly street use with a little or no drag racing the SS3200 with 3.42 gears is an excellent street combo. If you plan to race more often the SS3600 and 3.42 gears will give you better performance especially since you have a 224/224 cam. Plus you still will have very good driveability. My choice would be the SS3600 because of your cam. However the SS3200 would also be a good choice with a mild cam.

Definately install your gears and T/C at the same time. You don't want to pay for labor twice if you install them separately.

 

Ok.Thanks!
My last two question are, if I'm just driving around town, with only a bit throttle when I start, how high will the RPM's go before the car starts to drive?
And if I want to go really fast at the light, do I just have to go WOT or do I have to step on the break, let the RPM go up and let the brake loose?

Thanks

Olli

 

Your car will creep foward without throttle input. And will move off from a stop with as little as 1K RPM or less. You will have driveability that is very similar to stock with either the SS3200 or SS3600 with 3.42 gears. To go very fast from a stop you just go WOT just as you do with the stock T/C the only difference is you will smoke your tires

 

Thanks a lot.
Sounds really good to me.
Always thought you will loose too much drivibility with an aftermarket T/C.
I'm from Germany, and we dont have a real Corvette tuner here.
So I have to get nearly all information here in the forum.
But as you can see, it works!
But if I've know that before, my fist mod would have been a T/C and 3.42's!

 

3.42's and a converter is the same mod I've been contemplating for next year. I just had a mild Comp Cam 216/220, 114LSA cam (XR269HR), LS6 heads, LS6 intake, LS6 injectors and Dynamax longtubes with high flow cats and X-pipe installed, along with existing Blackwing and GHL's, and LS1Edit dynotuned, all done by Doug Rippie at DRM Motorsports. The car is putting out 376 rwhp and 375 rwtorque with a "safe" tune of 12.6-12.8 A/F (SAE corrected and smoothed...the only type of dyno numbers I pay attention to), with plenty of that power available everywhere (that was the reason for the smaller cam - operating range 1300-6300 rpm). I had ben thinking about a Protorque 2600, or so, but to be honest, I have much to learn about what would be good for me for a new converter. Also, what converter would work best with the exisiting 3.15's? BTW, I already had a Hayden transmission cooler installed. I do not strip race the car and want to retain great drivability, reliability, dependability and not overly challenge the A4. I also want to keep the cruising rpms in a range such that the GHL's contintinue to tune out any drone at cruising speeds. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Ed

 

If you decide to do a T/C and gears and you can't find a tuner in Germany.You can pull out your PCM and ship it to one of the tuners on the forum. They can make the needed changes and send it back to you.

 

I would recommend the Yank SS3200 if you are going to keep your existing 3.15 gears. I had the Pro Torque 2400-2600 with 3.42s in my car. It was good out of the hole but lacked performance from a roll.

 

What would you recommend, for my criteria, with 3.42 gears? Thanks!

Ed

 

Since stock like driveability is very important to you. Go with the SS3200 with 3.42 gears. With 3.42 gears the SS3200 will feel even more like stock than it will with 3.15 gears. Plus you will get the added performance of 3.42 gears. This combo will work very nicely with your mild cam.