Converter won't bolt up!
07-06-2005, 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by KySilverado
Now I'm worried I might not even have right converter. Can anyone verify this part number as 10.5 Vigilante 3 disk for a 4l60E. Part number 2700318-3.
07-06-2005, 09:10 AM
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Originally Posted by James B.
I've been seeing an increasing number of people having clearance problems between the converters and flexplates. I am starting to wonder if there are not a bunch of converters out on the market with old SBC bolt patterns that are getting 33-spline turbines installed and then getting labeled a "Gen-III / LSx Converter."
Having to grind the holes in the flexplate for placement is ABSURD. I can see enlargening the diameters of the holes to acommodate larger race-ready converter bolts, but having the wrong pattern is CERTAINLY something I would return a converter for, especially after spending what these things cost. Besides the cost of the converter itself there is too much money in front of and behind a torque converter to put something fudged in place like that.
Having to grind the holes in the flexplate for placement is ABSURD. I can see enlargening the diameters of the holes to acommodate larger race-ready converter bolts, but having the wrong pattern is CERTAINLY something I would return a converter for, especially after spending what these things cost. Besides the cost of the converter itself there is too much money in front of and behind a torque converter to put something fudged in place like that.
I agree. I plan to get a Daaco for my truck. But its a 4x4. If I drop the trans and transfer case and it doesn't fit I'm gona be Pissed
07-11-2005, 03:48 PM
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As an update guys. Just got hold of PI today. They were on vacation shutdown last week. So far they are telling me that ALL LS1 style converters they sell/make are done so on a 10.75 bolt pattern. They've sold lots of these and I am the first to call back and tell them it will not fit. Buried in this thread is that the LS1 style flexplates are on a 11.00 bolt pattern as is mine. Things that make you go hmmmmmmm.....
07-11-2005, 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by KySilverado
As an update guys. Just got hold of PI today. They were on vacation shutdown last week. So far they are telling me that ALL LS1 style converters they sell/make are done so on a 10.75 bolt pattern. They've sold lots of these and I am the first to call back and tell them it will not fit. Buried in this thread is that the LS1 style flexplates are on a 11.00 bolt pattern as is mine. Things that make you go hmmmmmmm.....
thats wierd.
07-11-2005, 04:41 PM
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Well, I've tried to find a flexplate that actually will work on a 10.75" bolt pattern with the crank spacer that doesn't have to have the holes ground out and there just ain't one. I got the TCI dual pattern unit today to test and it is flat but, is built to space everything the same way a stock "bent" plate does. 
If the PI was built with a 11" LS1 pattern I think the stock 6.0L plate would work without reaming the bolt holes out.
If the PI was built with a 11" LS1 pattern I think the stock 6.0L plate would work without reaming the bolt holes out.
07-11-2005, 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by KySilverado
As an update guys..... So far they are telling me that ALL LS1 style converters they sell/make are done so on a 10.75 bolt pattern. They've sold lots of these and I am the first to call back and tell them it will not fit.....
07-11-2005, 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by XLR8NSS
Well, I've tried to find a flexplate that actually will work on a 10.75" bolt pattern with the crank spacer that doesn't have to have the holes ground out and there just ain't one. I got the TCI dual pattern unit today to test and it is flat but, is built to space everything the same way a stock "bent" plate does.
If the PI was built with a 11" LS1 pattern I think the stock 6.0L plate would work without reaming the bolt holes out.
If the PI was built with a 11" LS1 pattern I think the stock 6.0L plate would work without reaming the bolt holes out.
I also called TCI today and asked about their LS1 flexplate. They confirmed it was dual patterened. LS1 and 10.750. I will probably order one of these in preperation for the next time I am into the verter areas to replace my hacked flexplate. Either when I replace the vig or when I put in a built tranny.
Last edited by KySilverado; 07-11-2005 at 09:21 PM.
07-11-2005, 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by moregrip
wow!
thats wierd.
thats wierd.
07-11-2005, 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by James B.
Well of course, the "solution" to the "problem" is to DENY the problem exists.