What converter are you running
04-25-2010, 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by BEAST477
Hughes 9" 5600 stall behind 540BBC.
Any educated guesses what possibly failed?
02-01-2011, 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by BEAST477
Originally Posted by BEAST477
Hughes 9" 5600 stall behind 540BBC.
Any educated guesses what possibly failed?
03-28-2011, 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by travis91
I see several big names
TSI ,TCI, ATI,BTE, Abruzzi, Coan, Chance, Continental, Hughes, PTC and one round blue one or maybe 2
but I didn't see anyone mention gaines from a previous converter. I also didn't see a major slant for one converter manufacture or another. I was hoping to see a lot more posts so readers can get a feeling for what everyone is running.
Other brands that I know drag racers are running but didn't see any posts for are Edge, JW, FTI, TCS and others.
Keep them coming guys. The more information that is on here the more helpful it will be to all.
Thanks.
TSI ,TCI, ATI,BTE, Abruzzi, Coan, Chance, Continental, Hughes, PTC and one round blue one or maybe 2
but I didn't see anyone mention gaines from a previous converter. I also didn't see a major slant for one converter manufacture or another. I was hoping to see a lot more posts so readers can get a feeling for what everyone is running.
Other brands that I know drag racers are running but didn't see any posts for are Edge, JW, FTI, TCS and others.
Keep them coming guys. The more information that is on here the more helpful it will be to all.
Thanks.
Later
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03-29-2011, 05:57 AM
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You all should do a search on FTI Converters ...
I just bought my first from him, you talk about over the top customer service ... he is tops in the converter business in that area ..oh and his converters seem to be prettty darn good
I just bought my first from him, you talk about over the top customer service ... he is tops in the converter business in that area ..oh and his converters seem to be prettty darn good
04-02-2011, 02:23 AM
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I currently ran a JW 9" 5000 conv. behind my 505 bbc and when I hit one of them calculators online, it showed me I had -37% slippage :shock:
Do to my ignorance about converters, I have been doing some homework on this area of key performance and I am now putting my trust into Lenny at Ultimate Converter Concepts. He has mine now and says so far it looks good, but he needs to check the tolerances and sprag, and he will lighten it up a bit, change the stall to around 5600 and tighten it up as I am going to run Nitrous now.
One thing that is VERY IMPORTANT GUYS, is to have as much info about your car as possible, DYNO numbers are a key element, along with what rpm you launch at, what does the rpm flash too right when you leave off the pedal or brake, rpm drop from gear to gear, and those are the 3 main inputs of data needed for any trans shop to get it close to being right, but it's up to the shop guys to know what they are doing of course. :wink:
Another way to find out how much slippage you have, or if the converter is even close for your combo is to hook it up to a chassis dyno and make some pulls, the graph won't lie to ya and go to a respectable dyno shop, spend your good hard earned money and find these numbers that are so much needed to match the power to the trans, rear gear and tires, you won't regret it.
Hammer, ready for the new season this year??
John
"The Elkyman"
Lookin for 8's this year
Do to my ignorance about converters, I have been doing some homework on this area of key performance and I am now putting my trust into Lenny at Ultimate Converter Concepts. He has mine now and says so far it looks good, but he needs to check the tolerances and sprag, and he will lighten it up a bit, change the stall to around 5600 and tighten it up as I am going to run Nitrous now.
One thing that is VERY IMPORTANT GUYS, is to have as much info about your car as possible, DYNO numbers are a key element, along with what rpm you launch at, what does the rpm flash too right when you leave off the pedal or brake, rpm drop from gear to gear, and those are the 3 main inputs of data needed for any trans shop to get it close to being right, but it's up to the shop guys to know what they are doing of course. :wink:
Another way to find out how much slippage you have, or if the converter is even close for your combo is to hook it up to a chassis dyno and make some pulls, the graph won't lie to ya and go to a respectable dyno shop, spend your good hard earned money and find these numbers that are so much needed to match the power to the trans, rear gear and tires, you won't regret it.
Hammer, ready for the new season this year??
John
"The Elkyman"
Lookin for 8's this year