Rjwoods

Hey guys I was told that in order to get the most out of my cam I'd need a torque converter but I've also been told since it's a daily driver I could chance burning it up if I got one too big? I don't know a whole bunch about them just the basics so far. So I was curious about the tb i6 converter but wanted to know from you guys. The truck it's going in is a 2004 Tahoe z71. 5.3 with 216/220 114lsa .560 lift cam, springs, new lifters, btr trunion kit, long tube headers, high flow cats and cai. The truck has the stock gears, vette servo, and is on 305/30/26 wheels/tires. Again, this is a daily driver I drive anywhere from 30-70 miles a day for work. I'm not sure if all of that will take an affect on which converter I pick? I don't want to spend a lot on the torque converter so that's why I thought about the i6 tb converter. Any help is great help thanks!

AgFormula02

iTrader: (9)

It will work fine, just add a good Tranny cooler.
Not optimal, but it will work.
I had a Circle D TB converter behind a supercharged 6.0.
Drove close to stock till I got on it.

Rjwoods

Nice! Yea I posted on fb about it and got some good feed back I think I'm going to do it when I swap my new motor in. Some people have mentioned gears to me as well but I'm still not sure if they're easy to install when doing the converter?

FFDP

iTrader: (2)

A gear swap wouldn't done during a converter swap or a motor swap because they are talking the front and rear diff gears.

If you are still rocking the stock 3.42 or 3.73's with some 26in rims, no doubt it must act sluggish because those things must be heavy as hell and take alot of power to turn.

Swapping to 4.10's would make it a whole different vehicle. If you don't trust yourself to do a swap like that, a shop is the best place to take it.

Vortec350ss

iTrader: (20)

Look at the circle d 3200. Money much better spent. Part throttle characteristics will be just as good but WOT it would be a different animal

Rjwoods

Do u have an idea of what it would cost at a shop for the gears to be swapped?

FFDP

iTrader: (2)

Couldn't comment with any accuracy.

If you bought the gears the labor could be more, if you buy the gears through a shop it might be less. Labor rates vary so much by city and state. You can get a general idea of how much gears cost just by researching different brands and see what the gears/bearing sets cost. If you are 4x4 you must do both front and rear and that adds even more to the cost.

A ball park of 700-800 for the rear and well over $1,000 for both but these are just guesses.

Rjwoods

Damn that's crazy lol are gears something hard to do?

FFDP

iTrader: (2)

Watch some youtube video's, that's the best way to see exactly what is involved on a truck like these. Manual labor wise it's not hard, settings up the gears and knowing the do's and don't is what makes it a challenge.

Rjwoods

Ok so I did some looking and the stock gears are 3:73, those should be ok right?