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Old 07-25-2013, 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by TIM Z
X2 and have had this same converter for 3 yrs now and love it , drives /plays/ races excellent . Lockup feels like another gear .

The only problem with PI is you MUST deal with Terry if you want to make sure your getting what you want .
I noticed that... I called yesterday and specifically asked for him but got some other clown. Seemed like he was just punching my truck info into a computer program as we went. As of right now I'm pretty split between PI and Yank.
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At this point I think I'm leaning toward a Yank PT2800 Multi disc.

I like what some of the others have to offer, but talking to dave on the phone was a nice touch.
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I've heard very good things about Yank in the past 5-6 years as opposed to before. I would buy from them for sure. My only experience with PI is when I bought the 10.5 and didn't like it cause it was too tight for my tastes they let me send it back and traded for the 9.5 triple at no charge. I thought that was excellent customer service. Never had a problem with it either.
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You preferred the 9.5" to the 10.5" with a maggie huh? Thats interesting.
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I dont believe in locking the converter for our vehicles...too much weight and too much torque with boost, you are just asking to break an input shaft....with that said, if you really insist get a triple disc and a billet input shaft at minimum. If the converter does its job well, you shouldnt need to lock it at WOT.
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Originally Posted by Vortec350ss
You preferred the 9.5" to the 10.5" with a maggie huh? Thats interesting.
No sir, it was on the 07 with turbo. I just wanted to comment on my great experience with PI
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Originally Posted by Atomic
I dont believe in locking the converter for our vehicles...too much weight and too much torque with boost, you are just asking to break an input shaft....with that said, if you really insist get a triple disc and a billet input shaft at minimum. If the converter does its job well, you shouldnt need to lock it at WOT.
Ok thats great to know. Seems like not many people really think its worth while... and even fewer think its a good idea considering the abuse it will deliver to the trans.

I'm not gonna lock up, and I'm going to go with a triple disc for sure.

Thanks for the input everyone.
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locking 3rd felt better to me by my seat-o-pants meter....the track said that i ran identical times locking vs unlocking. at that point i wish i had a single disk to get rid of some rotational weight...which is why i have a single disk converter now
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Thats exactly why I was advised originally to go single disc... but I think because I'm playing with a truck that will weigh almost 5500 at the track, and over 6k when playing around on the streets and the multi disc seems like a good idea.
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I ordered the Yank PT3200 and went with Billet Single Disk, reason being I wanted to keep the stock (LS) style flexplate so I needed a 4L80E "LS Style" converter and with Yank its only available in the single disk, the Multi Disk is stock 4L80E style and requires the 4L80E Flexplate which I didn't want to bother with.


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