02-27-2017, 03:05 PM | #1 |
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3500 stall or 2400
Gear vendors recommends a 3500 stall and my trans guy said no way, he recommends 2400/2600. I have a 68 long box 454 .030 over, 9.3-1 compression, small cam, turbo 400, and a 3:42 rear posi. Anybody running a gear vendor setup?
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02-27-2017, 05:48 PM | #2 |
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Re: 3500 stall or 2400
2400/2600 is fine..
a 3500 will work also as it won't slip much until you are WOT or pulling a load.. Many have the wrong idea,, a 3500 stall doesn't mean the engine freewheels until 3500 it only means loaded down and wot it's stall They don't slip a ton below that rpm.. unless loaded up.. Sure you need more cooler as it will build a little more heat,, and slip a LITTLE more than the 2600 one.. but it only really build heat if loaded down or wot. The recommending 3500 stall most likely is from them having the idea that the truck is more toy than used as a truck.. I.E. a 454 power truck that be used for cruising and fun... not towing and a loaded up bed all the time.. if it is the latter , I'd go even lower than 2600 rpm.. |
02-27-2017, 08:46 PM | #3 |
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Re: 3500 stall or 2400
You need a stall to match your cam. Gears and weight will affect the stall also. I took a 383 out of an S10 with a 3600 stall and put it in my 70 C10 and it just wouldn't work. Way too much stall, sounded like my trans was slipping all the way through the gears.
With a small cam and these heavy trucks I would go with the 2400/2600. |
02-27-2017, 09:59 PM | #4 |
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Re: 3500 stall or 2400
I wouldn't think you need any type of stall converter with you combo. A 454 and a small cam should make tons of torque, why waste it?
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02-28-2017, 12:11 AM | #5 |
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Re: 3500 stall or 2400
My little bro, has a tight ten (3200 stall), behind my old 383....on the street, you can not even feel it shift? Can the throttle, & it will snap your neck, any gear! The 2500 lb S-10 has a 9" ford with 3.89 gears, & a Maxwell built 350 turbo hydro. Its a 12.5 ride down the track, even with the mild street cam that I ran. The weight that you are dealing with, I would suggest a mid 2's on the stall(2400-2600), as suggested longhorn
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but a 2400 stall converter isn't all that bad.. But yup a 454 with small cam.. why give up any of that low rpm to slip.. one must remember the converter rated stall speed (on the shelf converters) are with a basic 250-300hp 350. A big block 454 will stall the same converter higher because the torque it makes .. So at 2400 stall converter behind a 454 can end up stalling at 2800 or more.. Now custom built made to order converters.. a 2400 stall will stall at 2400 if you don't fib on the tech form.. |
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02-28-2017, 10:18 AM | #7 |
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Re: 3500 stall or 2400
Maxwell's is building my turbo 400. Thanks for the recommendation Longhorn.
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02-28-2017, 05:43 PM | #8 |
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Re: 3500 stall or 2400
No trouble....its a bit of a ride for you,but I am sure you will be happy with the trans Longhorn
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02-28-2017, 06:53 PM | #10 |
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Re: 3500 stall or 2400
A high stall converter is hard to drive at lower speeds. You have to give it lots of throttle to get it going & then it lurches forward or reverse.
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I've driven 3500 rated stall and 4500 stall on the street and never had that problem.. Sure if I brake stand it at a light it flash up to close to 2500 before it outpower the brakes and move the vehicle or start turning over the tires. or. at wot.. but other than that it drove like a normal vehicle with a 1800-2000 stall oem converter. |
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Re: 3500 stall or 2400
I am currently using a Gear Vendors unit in my '57 Chevy truck 396, th350.
I originally began with a 3000 stall converter. Driving around town, worked great. Going down the highway, worked great, til I went up hill, slowly I noticed the stall coming in. The stall was noticeable and slightly annoying. I backed it down to a 2400 stall, I lost some low end stall but I had better highway manners. Last year I went to a turbo 350c, I know, many will say what a piece of crap, I was willing to give it a try. I put all the good internals from the regular th350 into the th350c, then installed a transgo shift kit along with the 2.75 first gear ratio. I also have a manual switch to operate the lock up converter. This combination gives me approx 4.10 first gear ratio, then a 2.91 ratio all from a 3.73 ring and pinion. What a full range. I also went back to a 3000 stall lockup converter. You want to know how much the converter slips at highway speeds? Get rolling along at 65 mph. engage the gear vendors, feel the rps drop, then lock up the converter, wow, what a drop in rpms. I don't have a tach, but my ass meter tells me, a 3500 stall will really slip under load at highway speeds.
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I don't think it's all that much of a drop in a 3000 stall tight converter.. Many converters brands are not tight by any means.. The th350c got a bad rap because the early lock up converters.. to put it kindly sucked.. Not staying locked and shattering or locking and not unlocking.. can't remember but I think the "c" had less steels and clutches in the packs than a th350 as by then v8's were gutless 165 hp wonders |
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