automatic people with stall converters ?

How to you lauch at the track.are you using a Trans brake? Two step.with no Trans brake?
or just line locking it?or floor braking it.?

Trans b rake to the wood.

Reason I ask.is I drive a.TKO.right now. Am launching at 4500 .but want thinking of the swicth to an automatic. Should be quicker with a auto right?

If a don't go with a 557 .and go back with myhot 408w should I go with a c4? I got a c6 right now complete stock rebuild on it. I will need a good kit think of nitrous bm stall covn ..would I need a Trans brk? Or foot brake it.I hit the nitrous when my foot goes to wot on launch
or better off with c4 but would cost me more cash
thanks for any replies

All convertors stall, some just do it better!

BigDave65 wrote:All convertors stall, some just do it better!

talking bm nitrous. Stall not sure on stop need to call summit on Nos I can maybe leave in just foot braking it. Then when I go let off footbrale and Nos will be actived.right. even a 10 inch with 3800 stall.might work with Nos is what am trying to see.thanks

I don't think I would be calling Summit for convertor advice. The convertor can be one of the toughest pieces of a car to get right. You need to know what your engine combination is, and then have a convertor built to work with it. There are several good companies out there, and they may each have a different idea of what you need, but call them up and discuss what you're after. With convertors you usually get what you pay for, but a $100 convertor can look just like a $1000 one!

^^^^ True statement, often a custom won't cost much more than an off the shelf unit. Get your engine dynoed get the car scaled and figure out what gearing you are going to run to get the mile per hour you plan on going (be realistic). The more info you can give them the closer it will be to right, to get optimum may take some trial and error. The right converter can be worth .300 easily, I have been there.

I don't run NOS but leave on footbrake when I stage I let it idle and nail it when the light comes on.My 60' time 1.42 leaving off idle and coming up on the converter 1.48.I am running a stock c6 with a b&m shift kit with a TCI 4000 stall.

69F100 wrote:I don't run NOS but leave on footbrake when I stage I let it idle and nail it when the light comes on.My 60' time 1.42 leaving off idle and coming
up on the converter 1.48.I am running a stock c6 with a b&m shift kit with a TCI 4000 stall.

that the same convertor I CA get never used for 250 bucks
good deal for.c6

Think of it like this. Would you look better in a suit off the rack, or a tailored suit? Sure they both may fit, but you get laid a lot more in the tailored suit.

I just sold an Ultimate Street Fighter that I bought new and I would never own another one!!! $950 converter that needed $400 worth of work to get it close to right what burned my ass was seeing that they had used an OE Ford imput spline cut out of a stock converter.

dfree383 wrote:I wouldn't be at all suprised to see alot of OEM stuff in a convertor or used as core.

Whats important is to get the right combination for what your doing. IMO find a good reputable guy, like Lenny at Ultimate, Winters at JW, + a number of others and get one built.

Like has aleady been said a good convertor can make a turd fly..... a bad one can make superman a turd.

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Call Lenny at UCC. Very nice and knowlegable people. Well worth your time and money!

bigblok2000ranger wrote:I just sold an Ultimate Street Fighter that I bought new and I would never own another one!!! $950 converter that needed $400 worth of work to get it close to right what burned my ass was seeing that they had used an OE Ford imput spline cut out of a stock converter.

That would not be an Ultimate Converter Concepts product, correct? We have nothing known as a "Street Fighter""

ultimatelenny wrote:

bigblok2000ranger wrote:I just sold an Ultimate Street Fighter that I bought new and I would never own another one!!! $950 converter that needed $400 worth of work to get it close to right what burned my ass was seeing that they had used an OE Ford imput spline cut out of a stock converter.

That would not be an Ultimate Converter Concepts product, correct? We have nothing known as a "Street Fighter""

No it was a POS TCI converter, I was really disapointed in the quality from a $900 converter. Some people have argued that I shouldn't have expected a racing converter for that price but I have seen better quality inside a $350 converter.

I have heard alot of good things about your converters, Yellowhorse (Tony) runs one and is happy with it.

No problem Eric, if you ever need any assistance , just let me know.

Do you build C6 converters as well? I may be needing some assistance in the near future, but I want to get my new engine dynoed and truck scaled so I have all the info I can to get the right converter when I am ready.

Yes we do, whenever you're ready