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Old 07-18-2007, 12:23 AM
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well since im on a budget right now and my cam is finally getting installed with the Valvetrain Upgrade Kit am i gonna run into problems running a mild size cam like a 224/224 cam without a torque converter forawhile ? i know its gonna be really lag a first...
btw its a 2005 silverado 5.3 with bolt ons
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It won't hurt anything to run the factory converter for a while. Your lowend is just going to suck horribly.
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Originally Posted by StrokerAce03
It won't hurt anything to run the factory converter for a while. Your lowend is just going to suck horribly.
+1
I would look out for a Yank or PI (Vig) to throw in there.
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a stock converter will run behind anything.... but you wont have the RPM's to get you moving at all out of the hole... you'll basically have a V-tech truck
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so would running a cam like that with the stock convertor, would it affect part throttle driving?
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Originally Posted by BlackGMC
so would running a cam like that with the stock convertor, would it affect part throttle driving?
absolutely... and your mileage would likely be terrible.... because you have to give a lot more thottle input to get it rolling on that stock converter.
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Originally Posted by silver-mod-o
absolutely... and your mileage would likely be terrible.... because you have to give a lot more thottle input to get it rolling on that stock converter.
Thanks for the answer, I have kinda always wondered that...
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ya its safe to run a stock converter wit a cam, for racing its just not ideal

im running a TR-224 wit a TT3000, eventually gonna stepup to a Vig like 3200 or so, ive heard the Vig makes a world of a diff
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