I need to make a very quick decision.

I want a mild TC for a daily driver. It will see many road race days and a couple of days at the strip each year. I have 3.42 gears and 412 RWHP

It needs to be high quality and dependable. Needs lock up ability.

Looking at 2400 to 2800 max. Want best torque multiplication possible.

Which of these companies do you recommend?

 

Well, given the choices...Vigilante...but I prefer Yank.

 

I had a PT-2400 (Pro Torque), but I prefer the Yank! Great for drag racing, but for road courses I have no idea what to go with, good luck.

 

Vigilante 2800

 

Al, why do you prefer the Yank over the Protorque? Is it because of the higher stalls available for the C5, or some other performance, reliability or heat generation factor? Thanks.
Ed

 

Go with the best Go with Yank SS3200-

 

i have a vig 4000 2.25 str and the driveablility is more than fine. i dont understand why everyone is so scared to go to a real TC. a 2400 TC to me seems like a total waste of money. take it from me. i already had a yank 3000 and wasted my money with it. only issue is heat but add a tranny cooler and your fine

 

PT 2400 here with no problems and excellent driveability going on 4 years now. Other than a quick 1-2 shift during street driving, this unit behaves like stock on my 405 RWHP vert. Also no delay from the time you put your foot on the gas until the car moves, feels really natural.

 

Higher stall, good reliability with excellent driving manners. I was first reluctant to go with such a high stall, now I wish the SS-3800 would have been available back in the day.

 

I've had both, I like the Vigilante more.

 

Thanks, Al. I'm trying to decide on gears and converter for, hopefully, a winter install. I don't strip race the car and was thinking 3.42s and a Protorque 2400, myself. I drove a car with similar power to mine (376 rwhp, 375 rwtorque, SAE corrected and smoothed), with that setup, and it sure felt good to me.
Ed

 

What was it that you liked better??

Were they the same stall on the same car??

Protorque has one that they claim is specifically made for the C5


DH

 

Not every application is the same and a big Vig doesn't make sense in probably most applications. (I wouldn't set my car up the way it is to achieve DH's goals for example.) Also a lot of folks have no idea what they're buying, rely solely on what they hear in places like this and from their buddies, and would like to err on the conservative side which is not a bad plan when that's the case. (I don't mean that in a mean way, nor that it applies in this particular case.) But your point that it's easy to understall is taken.

 

 

I am freaking out........

I ordered the Pt2400 today thru my tuner A&A.

Then he told me he thought the PT2400 felt much looser than a Vig2400 he recently had in his shop.

Both had 3.42 and FLP

I have to call him first thing in the am and he will see if he can get the Vig2400 shipped by friday.

ProTorque says that theirs is the tightist feeling converter.
Its going to cost me twice as much in shipping to get the Vigilante

Damn converters...........

 

I had a ProTorque 2400 in my C5 and I have nothing but good things to say about it. Also Bigmac on this forum recently had the ProTorque 2400 installed.

In normal driving it behaves very similar to stock. No noticable looseness at all. But when you kick it it performs very well.

 

I must reiterate NO LOOSENESS AT ALL in the PT 2400

 

You guys think maybe Andy at A&A is getting a little LOOSE in his old age??

I think I am going to go drive his with PT2400/3.42/FLP level5 in the morning and see for my self. It also has a super charger though... as does everything he owns!!!

BIGMAC, EB2003, Pewtavert:

Thanks for the good reports on the PT2400
I talked to them this morning and they were very nice and helpful. He claims their converter is very tight and cool....not requiring a cooler (I already have one anyways)

Wish you guys could give me your experinces with the TC in serious canyon carving or road racing.


DH

 

 

No comment on the first part... but, that vert of his has a TCI 2800 converter.