Re: 8" converter on the street???
[Re: Thumperdart]
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03/17/17 05:58 PM
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Chassisman
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15+ years so far and never even freshened or adjusted.............CONTINENTAL 5500+........... Jeff Paradise of Dice Converters is doing a lot of their stuff now I've heard...both great companies.
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Re: 8" converter on the street???
[Re: Chassisman]
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03/17/17 06:15 PM
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Thumperdart
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Ya heard the same out here in the Desert..............Driven mine 90+ minutes at a time and no heating issues w/a B&M honeycomb trans cooler and no more that 190 temps..........
72 Dart 470 n/a BB stroker street car `THUMPER`...Check me out on FB Dominic Thumper for videos and lots of carb pics......760-900-3895.....
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Re: 8" converter on the street???
[Re: R3DART]
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03/18/17 05:37 PM
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MR_P_BODY
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I run an 8" Ultimate. Stalls at 5200 behind my 468. 3.91 gears, 40 miles at a time no problems so far. I called Lenny and talked to him, told him it was going to see many street miles. I basically said "build me what you think will work best". It's been great. Since I run OD I had Lenny tighten my 5000 stall TA conv up a couple hundred rpm so it would be a bit easier on the conv when in OD and keep the slippage down.. he did a nice job on it... at that time I had him cut off the mounting lugs and weld on new ones.. my old ones were starting to strip out
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Re: 8" converter on the street???
[Re: Cab_Burge]
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03/18/17 07:15 PM
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I've ran several different 8 and 9 inch good brand converters on the street with no issues at light throttle crusing They will break away and rev up under harder throttle action but seem to stay lock up at light throttle very well I have had two bad 8 inch converters, a older (1975 era) Art Carr and a GER Neither one of them was worth owning GER was just glorified mini van convertors that were converted to run with 727/904's. I had one years ago that the local convertor shop wouldn't even touch after just seeing me walk in the door with it. Ironically it was the same as my 98 sebring convertor and you could see where the original mounts were ground off.
416 stroker from Nick at Compu-flow. 11.14 in full street trim. Seems like a new best every time out. 11.06 open headers----so far!!
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Re: 8" converter on the street???
[Re: G-Money1320]
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03/18/17 07:22 PM
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D-50
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Back n the 90's I was running a 10in. GER convertor and I was hearing they were bad convertors. I bought a Coan 10in. race convertor ( over $600 back then) and my Demon slowed down over a tenth in the 1/8. Boy was I disappointed.
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1.33 60 ft,6.21 at 110.59 in the 1/8, pump gas small block,2950lbs,drag radials,mufflers and driven to track ...
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Re: 8" converter on the street???
[Re: D-50]
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03/18/17 07:32 PM
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MR_P_BODY
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Back n the 90's I was running a 10in. GER convertor and I was hearing they were bad convertors. I bought a Coan 10in. race convertor ( over $600 back then) and my Demon slowed down over a tenth in the 1/8. Boy was I disappointed. I had a ger YEARS ago... it was a POS.. any conv company can miss on there set up..but now days they are better but can still miss the set up EDIT The main reason it was a POS was the quality of the parts... why do you think MOST conv companies wont touch a GER cov
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Re: 8" converter on the street???
[Re: 65 Hemi]
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03/18/17 08:47 PM
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Chris2581
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Using a Turbo Action 3800 8" converter on the street and was the same converter we used at the track. No problems with it and I use a big trans cooler. 3.90 gear with a 30.7" tall tire.
Nautilus Racing- We use Superformance gaskets and Turbo Action converters/products.
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Re: 8" converter on the street???
[Re: 65 Hemi]
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03/19/17 04:05 PM
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Thank you for all the replies. I feel comfortable now to run my 8" converter.
Doug
MOPAR or NO CAR!!! 1965 Dodge Coronet soon a 6.1 Hemi with a Magnson blower 810 hp on pump gas 1964 Dodge Polara 582" Indy alum Block 426-1RA heads, 1933 Plymouth PE all Steel, LT1 4L60E 1959 Plymouth Savoy 33,000 mile survivor Old cars are never done. They are ongoing projects!
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Re: 8" converter on the street???
[Re: 65 Hemi]
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03/20/17 02:10 PM
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Al_Alguire
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Been doing it for years and seen zero ill affects.
"I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know."
"It's never wrong to do the right thing"
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