Stalled A4s - step in
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Melting Slicks
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Stalled A4s - step in
Guys,
Have a cammed A4 with headers and 3.42 gears. I am thinking of installing a Yank ss3200 stall converter. This was recommended by Yank. Still concerned about "looseness" on the street. How does the Yank ss3200 feel on the street? Would anyone recommend one for a mostly street driven car?
Thanks
Have a cammed A4 with headers and 3.42 gears. I am thinking of installing a Yank ss3200 stall converter. This was recommended by Yank. Still concerned about "looseness" on the street. How does the Yank ss3200 feel on the street? Would anyone recommend one for a mostly street driven car?
Thanks
Drifting
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dude ...i have a p.i 3800....feels totally stock after a couple of days of driving..these converters are nothing like the one we used to see on old muscle cars where the would rev up to 4000 just to leave the stoplight ...they are very tight in street driving...i would not hesitate to move up to 4000.....dont put to much thought into this move ....do it and enjoy the rewards.....one piece of advise stall a little high than you think you need if you plan to race your car...you will get used to it really fast and wish you had gone higher
\good luck
\good luck
Instructor
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From: Wilson NC
dude ...i have a p.i 3800....feels totally stock after a couple of days of driving..these converters are nothing like the one we used to see on old muscle cars where the would rev up to 4000 just to leave the stoplight ...they are very tight in street driving...i would not hesitate to move up to 4000.....dont put to much thought into this move ....do it and enjoy the rewards.....one piece of advise stall a little high than you think you need if you plan to race your car...you will get used to it really fast and wish you had gone higher
\good luck
\good luck
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I have a s/c A4 with TR blower cam, 3.42 gear, and Vigilante 2600 stall. I do NOT agree with the above posts. Although it made great improvements to my ETs at the drag strip, I drive 50 mi/day in heavy traffic. If I had to do it over again, I'd stick with my stock converter and find some other way to get the same gain. I hate having to rev my engine 1/3 to red line just to keep up with the local yokels in front of me going 30 mph. Now if I've got some room and press the pedal down, I love it, but you just can't do that very often in heavy traffic. Good luck with your decision. Hope it works for your driving style.
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I have a Yank 3600 with 3.42 gears and I love them. Converter feels good on the street and now with my Transgo shift kit and 4th gear servo it feels way tighter. Only thing about these converters is they feel either stock or even a little dogish at lower throttle but get on it and youre gone. Not much middle ground. a 3000 should be even more docile on the street.
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I have a s/c A4 with TR blower cam, 3.42 gear, and Vigilante 2600 stall. I do NOT agree with the above posts. Although it made great improvements to my ETs at the drag strip, I drive 50 mi/day in heavy traffic. If I had to do it over again, I'd stick with my stock converter and find some other way to get the same gain. I hate having to rev my engine 1/3 to red line just to keep up with the local yokels in front of me going 30 mph. Now if I've got some room and press the pedal down, I love it, but you just can't do that very often in heavy traffic. Good luck with your decision. Hope it works for your driving style.
a vig is probably a little looser, so your 2600 is probably like a 3200 yank. my buddy has a 3200 vig and it stalls higher than my 3500 yank with pretty much the same mods.
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Yank SS3200 here and I love it. The SS series is exceptionally tight. Even when I had my 3.15 gears the converter was really tight. The car still crept in both Drive and Reverse. You could not tell the difference between the Yank and the stock stall until you hit the loud pedal. Vigilante understates their stall speeds. Not quite sure why they do that, but they do.
Ed
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Melting Slicks
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Thanks Ed, makes me feel alot better about my selection of the ss3200. I saw another thread on CF by Patches where he installed 3.42 gears and a Yank ss3200 stall on his wife's car and stated that driveability was unaffected. 
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Vigilante does routinely underrate by ~400rpm.
Vigilante 2800, actually stalls to 3200.
Paired with 3.42 gears.
Blower, headers, exhaust.
I like the performance, DON'T like the feel. Too loose for my taste. As others have said, better than old school, the car will creep forward with no pedal pressure, but you can really tell the difference. Some mind it, others don't.
And mine is tighter than a Yank (2.5 str vs. 2.1 str on the Yank ss3200)
Find someone with a converter who will let you drive it to see if you like it or not.
In the future I'll probably go with the lowest Vigilante offers, a 2400rpm converter.
Vigilante 2800, actually stalls to 3200.
Paired with 3.42 gears.
Blower, headers, exhaust.
I like the performance, DON'T like the feel. Too loose for my taste. As others have said, better than old school, the car will creep forward with no pedal pressure, but you can really tell the difference. Some mind it, others don't.
And mine is tighter than a Yank (2.5 str vs. 2.1 str on the Yank ss3200)
Find someone with a converter who will let you drive it to see if you like it or not.
In the future I'll probably go with the lowest Vigilante offers, a 2400rpm converter.
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As suggested, drive one with the converter you believe you may want to buy. I am completely sold on my Yank SS3200, and, I was very leery of a converter before I put this one in. I drove a Camaro with a 3500 stall (don't remember the manufacturer, but it wasn't Yank), before I had the SS3200 installed, and it was so loose it was terrible. I would never tolerate such a thing. The Yank SS series are a whole different beast. They are outstanding converters.
Ed
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Vigilante does routinely underrate by ~400rpm.
Vigilante 2800, actually stalls to 3200.
Paired with 3.42 gears.
Blower, headers, exhaust.
I like the performance, DON'T like the feel. Too loose for my taste. As others have said, better than old school, the car will creep forward with no pedal pressure, but you can really tell the difference. Some mind it, others don't.
And mine is tighter than a Yank (2.5 str vs. 2.1 str on the Yank ss3200)
Find someone with a converter who will let you drive it to see if you like it or not.
In the future I'll probably go with the lowest Vigilante offers, a 2400rpm converter.
Vigilante 2800, actually stalls to 3200.
Paired with 3.42 gears.
Blower, headers, exhaust.
I like the performance, DON'T like the feel. Too loose for my taste. As others have said, better than old school, the car will creep forward with no pedal pressure, but you can really tell the difference. Some mind it, others don't.
And mine is tighter than a Yank (2.5 str vs. 2.1 str on the Yank ss3200)
Find someone with a converter who will let you drive it to see if you like it or not.
In the future I'll probably go with the lowest Vigilante offers, a 2400rpm converter.
100% i have a V.I 2800 and it feels more like it hits at 3200. street driving is loose but track experience is awesome!i used to have a Yank 4000 and it was great at the track but street driving was horrible!!!
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loose smoose who cares when your geting 1.4 sixties vig 3600 lauching around 2400rpm
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