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performabuilt torque converters?

Old May 26, 2010 | 05:44 PM
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i wonder how the billet in a 3400 flavor would do beind my baby 5.3 if it flashed around 3600 that would be fine with me then i could get a bigger cam and make alot more racket
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Old May 26, 2010 | 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by fastrt
or....get a TB stall from circle d and flash at around 2800 and still be able to tow
I have the 10.5 PB converter and tow plenty, 8k lbs on occasion and 4-5k regularly. Does just fine. The only thing I have to say about their converters is to order it a little tighter than you really want, other than that its a great converter.
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Old May 26, 2010 | 08:01 PM
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Sweet if I wanna shoot for around say for around 3600 should I say about 3400?
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Old May 28, 2010 | 01:21 PM
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well i ordered it i hope i have as much luck out of it as everyone else on here has
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Old May 31, 2010 | 10:07 AM
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let me know bc im going to be ordering one in the next couple weeks.
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Old May 31, 2010 | 11:32 AM
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ill be ordering one as soon as the tranny i have now starts slipping. im not too rough on my truck...but dont get me wrong...i dont really call anyone out...i like to mind my own business..but i will not let someone call me out and turn panzy

oh who am i kidding! when tuning the CC i raced a gutted Prelude just bc he downshifted on me!
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Old May 31, 2010 | 11:39 AM
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Haha I will race anything and most of the time I lose haha but its all fun...


I will let yall know how it does once I get it in and see how the verter and trans does... I'm about to go nuts waiting and I prolly won't have it for like a week or two. Its killin me driving my 4.3 truck
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Old Jul 1, 2010 | 04:57 PM
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So what do ya think about the 3400 billet from performabuilt?
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Old Jul 1, 2010 | 05:31 PM
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id go ahead and get it you never know if youre gonna need that extra year of warranty!!!
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Old Jul 1, 2010 | 06:52 PM
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I got it and the converter has been sittin in my garage for like 3 weeks.. I got a transmission and never checked it and when I finally opend the box pb sent me a 2wd instead of a 4 so I'm waiting on another transmission.. Hopefully this one doesn't take a month to get here
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