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Old 06-13-2010, 01:02 PM
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should i save for another week or two and buy a new stall (3200-3800 range) or buy some 4.30s tomorrow? i have a tt2600 in my truck now but im going to be replacing my trans within a couple of weeks (sitting in the driveway broken right now). i have 3.73s but want more gear. eventually i will have a differennt stall and 4.30s but which should i buy first?

what stall in that range should i look into? i drive my truck everyday and i do occasionally tow (~6000lbs) with it. thuck is an ecsb with a fully bolted 5.3 and tr224 cam.
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I'd talk to Chris & Dave on the towing thing. That could change your choices. If it were me, I'd do stall now, while trans is goin in. Do trans & stall at same time, unless u like dropping trannies.

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unless u like dropping trannies.


thats what i was thinking but i can afford the gears now and pulling transmissions doesnt bother me too much anymore, kind of getting use to it actually
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i'd save up for the stall. Buy the more expensive first.
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Originally Posted by 454navyss
should i save for another week or two and buy a new stall (3200-3800 range) or buy some 4.30s tomorrow? i have a tt2600 in my truck now but im going to be replacing my trans within a couple of weeks (sitting in the driveway broken right now). i have 3.73s but want more gear. eventually i will have a differennt stall and 4.30s but which should i buy first?

what stall in that range should i look into? i drive my truck everyday and i do occasionally tow (~6000lbs) with it. thuck is an ecsb with a fully bolted 5.3 and tr224 cam.


personally you got a good converter, i would talk with chris and have him restall it to what youre wanting.. 32-38
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Will the TT Yank go over 3000 flash?
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hmmm, if he can restall mine to a 3600 i would be happy but i dont know if he can take a tt that far.

my converter flashes right at 2600 from what i remember
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why would a TT be any different? i mean i dont know, he did do my triple disc, restalled it from a 4k to a 44k flashing at 4500.. might be a good question to ask him..


currious why you wanting to swap gears?
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Yank told me you can't go any bigger then the 3600 I have with my Pro Truck 11" cause I called to see if he could make it a 4000. I'm pretty sure that 3000 is the limit on the TT. If you wanna go bigger your gonna have to get a 9" SST. But then Dave will tell you NO TOWING! I really like my Yank but if I could have got a triple disk Circle D and had the towing ability with a 9" converter I probably would have..

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i have spoke with dave about the pt3600 before and i would love to have that converter, wanna sell yours? lol

does circle d have a triple disk 9" converter that has towing capability? i thought all 9" converters were too small for towing

i want to go from 3.73s to 4.30s because 99% of my "playing" is at the track so the extra gear to get 5200lbs off the line would definitely be nice. im not extremely worried about gas mileage since i only have a 9 mile drive to work and dont drive too much anymore since all of my family has moved away


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