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i need to buy a 2000 or 2200 converter and i was wandering what brand you guys have the most success with and by success i mean breaks the least with street driving. :D
p.s. i have been looking at tci's saturday night spec. or their breakaway series if they are good which one is better?
Hughes are some of the best. I used one of their torque converters and their clutch kits in my th350 (they don't actually make the clutches and steels, those are Red Alto and Kolene).
On the rare occasions that I use an automatic, I've been pleased with Coan products........ Friend of mine runs a TCI trans and converter behind his 383, been in there a couple years now with no problems....
Never had a problem with a B&M behind a mouse, fried one with a rat motor in under 2K miles, LOTS of burn outs though. was a 2400 in a Turbo 400.
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Originally Posted by seansz28
TCI Converters are nice converters but if u want something heavy duty for the street use Hughes.
i am expecting around 450hp. for my 454 with a th400 do you think i would need the hughes street rod or street master i want the most durable product i can get. thanks for the help
If I were you i would go for Hughes Performance Street Master Torque Converters #HUP-GM25 in Summit Racing.Quote:
Originally Posted by seansz28
BILLIT STAINLESS STEEL W/FRONT AND BACK ANTI-BALOON PLATES W/A VERY TIGHT LOW RPM STALLED TO YOUR RATTS CAM/POWER SPEC's
:ie-CONTINENTAL,MUNSINGER,TCS ARE THE ONE I HAVEN'T BROKEN YET!
THE HUGH'S THAT I USED BROKE WHEN I LOOKED AT IT! SO I FIRED THEM
GET YOU A B&M HOLESHOT 2400 STALL RANGE IS FROM 2200 TO 2400 OR GET A HOLEDHOT 2000 STALL RANGE IS 1900 TO 2100Quote:
Originally Posted by seansz28
What Dave says here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Severson
I was the 2nd owner of a Coan converter it was three years old when I got it.
I was un-sure of how many pass's it had on it.
I sent it to Coan and they only charged me $75 they said it did not need anything done to it all they did was a flush and a cleaning.
I do know I had it behind my 454 at the time that was only running 6.40's with it.
I put well over 200 pass's on it but every winter I sent it to Coan to be looked at.
I sold it to a local guy and he ran it another few years and sold the car.
coan steel stator is what i use . torque converter are you get what you pay for. i have used tci. art carr .bm .ger. vega.s. tci are junk
Is GER still around?Quote:
Originally Posted by pat mccarthy
I think I would still choose the TCI over the GER.
i do not know if ger are still around BUT i called them told them to build me a custom .it cost 600 . still is working over five years and the tci.s did not last one year. they told me to send them back we can fix them? no i do not think you can? OK i sent it back .did you get it ?? yes what the F$%k did you have this in ????? my gto ? how much power are you making ? this is junk . yes i did know that thanks.
I think the TCI stuff is a lot like the B&M Holeshot series.... If you have the converter in the car and the decal on the window, does it really matter if it works right??? (or at all?):LOL: :LOL: I guess if all you are running is a heavy car with 300 horse the cheapies are fun. When you really get ready to go fast, it's going to take a whole lot more converter and $$$$ then the "one size fits all" stuff the mailorder houses pedal....
yes you are right dave low hp and tq there is many that will workBUT the first time you make power and pull out your trans rebuild it and buy a nother cheapy it get you 3/4 of the way to some thing good .it took me some time and money to get that. i really get that now:D
And that is why I still spend the Big Bucks and run my five speeds!!!!!!:LOL: :LOL: :LOL: Seems I end up money ahead.....and get the fun of pulling that handle and having such great selection of gear ratio's carefully chosen to compliment the performance charachteristics of the engine.... Now if I can get Gear Vendors to put one of their units on the back of a TKO 600, life for me and my 9 speed will be absolutely perfect!!!!!!!!:whacked:
if they made a stick trans that would hold up to one of my Big big blocks. i would have one but a lenco is where i can not go $$ the 400 trans i have is still cheaper with all hard core parts still less that $4000.with the stall. the stall was 1200.:whacked:
I've seen some used 3 and 4 speed Lenco's showing up on the market in the $2500 to $3500 range.... I've switched to the McLeod Soft-Lok clutches, a bit on the spendy side but they have an extra set of springs and are very adjustable. They are designed to elimiate some of the driveline shock inherent with manual transmissions. Put one in a buddies car last summer, seemed to help on the 60' times, too!!!!
PS---Do some digging on Racing Junk.com., seen a few there awhile back....
yes that s would be that i would want is a soft- lok did some work on my customer put in a lenco 5speed and is co2 shift liberty. i like to pull gears.
Me too. still have an airshifter laying on a shelf someplace with 3 passes on it.....I thought it was way too boring.....:LOL: :LOL: :LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by pat mccarthy
just my two cents neal chance has never broke behide 1900hp i run a bruno and a liberty 5speed.i bet the hell out of it i only take it apart and clean about 2 times yr.
I know very little about torque converters, but a friend reccomended a tci
to me. I have a 4000 stall behind about 600 hp, i don't race, but have been
on it hard at times, no trouble yet. Don't know what it would do if I ever hit
the nitrous button.
that is great to know erik when the GER gives it up. i will buy a tci :D i think it would last as long as the two tci lasted me two weeks both. the one never made it out of the shop :CRY: i will give you a call to pull it out. i play that game with them fine TCI **)Quote:
Originally Posted by erik erikson
I prolly gonna have to have a custom converter made for my 200 eventully, stocker is 1,500 RPM stall, engine will start making ponies round 2,200, so it will be ok, for now. but good old Ford decided that the flexplate was not good enough for the starter ring gear, and made the ring gear, cast ON the torque converter. the flexplate is nothing more than a peice of thick sheetmetal cut round.