Good tech guys at ATI , who to ask for?
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I have a customer who wants to buy a new drag race Powergide with a brake and converter for his 1971 S/P Cuda, I'm thinking ATI may be one of the best companies out there for him What are you guys thoughts on this? Is there another, better tranny and converter company out there for a 800 HP 2800 lbs. S/P car like his? If so who do you recommend ? Thanks in advance Cab
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Re: Good tech guys at ATI , who to ask for?
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ATI is one of the best. Location would certainly be a factor in that decision. ATI is driving distance for me, as is Trans Specialties. Both of them are good to go, so that helps. Freight charges and the amount of stuff that gets damaged or fooled with makes having to have something shipped an undesirable proposition. I would ask whomever you decide on about that.
This would be a pretty routine piece and most of the name places would likely be fine.
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Re: Good tech guys at ATI , who to ask for?
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Good evening cab ATI they will connect you to. One of their specialist I have talked to multiple people there with all good results .. give them a shout I'm sure they can get you taken care of
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Re: Good tech guys at ATI , who to ask for?
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Another thought would be A1 they build a pretty nice Glide as well and much closer to you Adam and his dad are both very nice people and very helpful as well
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Re: Good tech guys at ATI , who to ask for?
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I have used A1 and so has my customer in the last two years with not so good results so far , hence me asking for a better company I bought a 8 inch race 727 converter from Marv Ripes when he owned and operated A1 in Van Nuys years ago, good stuff with excellent results
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Re: Good tech guys at ATI , who to ask for?
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IMO I would call FTI and this is from a guy who was 1000% an ATI guy. I have not had ANY luck with them the couple years, missing three converters by a ton and my ex$pen$ive glide broke in three passes. Since switching to FTI they have NAILED all 4 converters first shot and our glide in the dragster never gave us one issue with well over 500 passes on it. Both transmissions are aftermarket cases, one obviously an ATI the other A Reid. Reid can be recerted in Cali ATI has to go back to Pennsylvania. Just something else to consider.
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Re: Good tech guys at ATI , who to ask for?
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Marco Abruzzi for tranny and converter is a great place for one stop shopping. I have one of his glides and a UCC converter which is an excellent product also. ATI would not be my first choice.
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Re: Good tech guys at ATI , who to ask for?
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I also have not had the best customer service from ATI, my conv started to sound like a super changer, within 6 months and its sits behind a 273, sent it back, they said nothing wrong, but since it was open may as well rebuild it, and changed me.
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Re: Good tech guys at ATI , who to ask for?
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Well, my experiences with ATI were fine, but it's been a while. No one's perfect, and I haven't heard of a lot of issues, but I will pay attention.
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Re: Good tech guys at ATI , who to ask for?
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... ATI is driving distance for me... Same here, but I've never done any business with them. The mixed reviews I'm seeing on this thread aren't exactly boosting my confidence level, either.
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Re: Good tech guys at ATI , who to ask for?
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I don't have any bad business experience with ATI...just to clarify. I have bought a new converter from them and other miscellaneous stuff.
I'm just saying with a blank canvas FTI would be my first choice these days... I'm now convince to go with them I called and talk to one of their reps and my customer seems to be okay with that choice, thanks to all for the help
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