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Old Apr 12, 2015 | 08:03 PM
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Default Broke my sfi flexplate
Anyone ran into this problem? Which flexplate did you swap to?
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Old Apr 12, 2015 | 08:12 PM
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Which one were you using? Most of those SFI plates are chinese trash. TCI is basically indestructible, but weighs more. Meziere has a billet plate but is $$$
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Old Apr 12, 2015 | 08:26 PM
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It was the steel one from circle d. I've always has flexplate problems. 2 stock ones and now the sfi one. Maybe I'm doing something wrong but I don't think so..
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Old Apr 12, 2015 | 08:30 PM
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Nope, you're just putting a lot of power into a very heavy vehicle.

The TCI plate is not cheap, $275, but for me it was a no brainer - the time, cost and misery of pulling the trans/converter to replace a broken flexplate was well worth the cost.
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Old Apr 12, 2015 | 09:59 PM
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Something IMHO is off..I've made over 1000rwhp thru a stocker
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Old Apr 12, 2015 | 10:42 PM
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Something sounds off to be breaking that many...i use a tci for what its worth
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Old Apr 13, 2015 | 12:57 AM
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I also have the TCI.
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Old Apr 13, 2015 | 07:12 AM
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I broke 2 with the 60e then bought the sfi plate. The 60 died, so then i did the 80e swap and bought new converter and used the same sfi plate. Soo what am I doing wrong? I'm only maybe 600hp
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Old Apr 13, 2015 | 06:38 PM
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Bump... What could I be doing wrong?
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