ir3333
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and again...cam specs, or did i miss them?
Rumblefish posted them.and again...cam specs, or did i miss them?
Is the 8" ATI converter an off the shelf 5000 stall? Or do you need to custom order it? Seems like a very nice piece. Would it be a good street/strip choice for a 360 with a 292 purple cam and 3.91's out back? I currently have an FTI 3400-3600 stall converter.Your 408 will be more stout than mine as I have Eddie RPM heads. 251/255@050 cam. 4.10 gear with 28" slick. Unported Super Victor intake which everyone here says is not that great.
Car runs 11.teens @118. 5000 stall from an 8" ATI TreeMaster TC. I hold it at 1900-2000 rpm to stage it then mash the pedal and hang on!!
Drives on the street like any other torque converter - have to keep your foot on the brake at idle (1000 rpm), no "mushy" feeling, etc, etc. You would never know it is a high stall converter. Trans temp typically in the 160-170F range when driving on the street. At the track, it leaves the line around 150-160 and hits 180 at the end of the track. By the time I get back to my pit, temp is typically back down around 150-160.
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and again...cam specs, or did i miss them?
Good street set up. Track wise, it lacks.Is the 8" ATI converter an off the shelf 5000 stall? Or do you need to custom order it? Seems like a very nice piece. Would it be a good street/strip choice for a 360 with a 292 purple cam and 3.91's out back? I currently have an FTI 3400-3600 stall converter.
First, to answer your question, I called ATI and went over the details with them to get this TC. I believe you should do that regardless of what TC brand you want to use. Why would anyone not take advantage of their expertise??!!Is the 8" ATI converter an off the shelf 5000 stall? Or do you need to custom order it? Seems like a very nice piece. Would it be a good street/strip choice for a 360 with a 292 purple cam and 3.91's out back? I currently have an FTI 3400-3600 stall converter.
Your welcome. IMO….Tx Rumble and RR...i was looking for a post from 70Dart in the thread. I'm outa' my league
with those numbers and have no idea for his converter.
You forgot.... tell the TRUTH about how you drive it. Don't tell them it's a street strip car if 99% of use is street car. And if its 90% strip car that you occasionally take thru a McDonald's drive-thru, tell them that too. But yeah, the more truthful info you can supply, the better.Your welcome. IMO….
For a street car where you’re not worried about much of anything, you could make a blind choice of a 3500 and it would work. While I wouldn’t call it a great choice. When you call up a place for the converter to be custom built as per your specifics and hopefully a dyno sheet they can see, they’ll know just what to do for best results in the specific application your telling them on what your doing.
You and your best bud can build identical engines but use them for different things, like absolute street driver for you and track only for your buddy, you’ll get two very different converters!
The more information you supply the better the result. Hide nothing, tell all, no secrets from your converter guy. You’ll forget the price paid though the years of excellence in service in your car. Guarantee it.
Who all did you wind up calling? Getting ready to do this myself as so far the list is in no particular order.PTC is who I went with. Before I ordered, I called 3 different converter builders and PTC was the only one that gave me the time of day so they earned my business. If that wasn't enough, they took the time to go over my build specs prior to recommending the right converter for the combo. Took payment and in 1 weeks time, the converter showed up. Keep in mind, I am in Washington State which is the opposite corner of the country from PTC.
Great products and customer service goes a long way in my book.
I won't name the ones that didn't give me the time of day but they are in your list. I went with PTC to build my converter. Unless I become unhappy with the performance of it, I will continue to use PTC for my converter needs.Who all did you wind up calling? Getting ready to do this myself as so far the list is in no particular order.
Ultimate
Dice A body mentioned them.
Dynamic
Coan
PTC maybe
too loose for the street ,---jmoIs the 8" ATI converter an off the shelf 5000 stall? Or do you need to custom order it? Seems like a very nice piece. Would it be a good street/strip choice for a 360 with a 292 purple cam and 3.91's out back? I currently have an FTI 3400-3600 stall converter.