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Old 05-30-2012, 07:06 PM
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Is this cam small enough that I don't absolutely have to have a stall? Could I get away with an 80e and no stall at all? The truck will never see big horsepower, a big cam, or launches/track time. I'm looking for an awesome street truck that is DDable with mild manners. The truck has fricken black TBSS 22's on it and I want to keep it that way
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You dont have to.
What size turbo?
I ran years with the stock torque converter and a isky 215
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70mm. All custom piping and pieced together components. As you can see from my other threads and helping me (thank you) I'm trying to do something mild yet different. Also, if I choose to go with an 80e, I can have my DD tune with 6psi and my Race Gas tune with 19psi


I'll need more help with the electronics and what not because I know nothing about GM MAF's and tuning them, but thats another post and another few months down the line.
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It will work just not as well as with a 3-3400 converter. Prob with the 80E converter is the weight not just the stall.
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Yea i agree. The weight of the stock 80e torque converter is bout as much as the whole transmission

Btw, does anybody have the weight of a stocker? ~80-85#?
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Originally Posted by nonnieselman
Yea i agree. The weight of the stock 80e torque converter is bout as much as the whole transmission

Btw, does anybody have the weight of a stocker? ~80-85#?
I've seen 75 lbs quoted a couple times, that's the dry weight!

Thing is a ******* beast to install laying on your back with it loaded with fluid
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You aint kidding! I bet it holds 3quarts +
thats almost another 10#.
I cant complain tho, mine has been a good one.
Now its time for a circle D to go with the turbo.
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I had a 4L80E in my lifted 1970 K20 chevy had a 2500 stall restalled factory 80E converter truck went 13.30's with a mild 454 BBC. Pulled out the 80E and put in a TH400 with restalled factory c9 th350 converter (36lbs) and truck went 12.61 with no other changes. That 80E converter is a heavy piece of **** that doesn't multiply torque. A converters ability to multiply torque is what matters not the stall speed. That's why the yanks work the way they do.
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https://www.performancetrucks.net/fo...verter-502369/
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Anyway to use another, un-stalled, stockish converter thats a lot lighter? Number one goal is gas mileage, not speed. Or does the big *** 80e NEED a heavy converter?


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