i tow my 20' bassboat with a 3000 stall TC. i have no problem towing. just takes a little more RPM's to get it out of the boat launch ramp.

so, can you break the tires loose with that new TC?

 

not as good as i thought i would be able to do. it the lights it probably breaks loose for about 5-10 feet. maybe a littel more its hard to tell. i though i would be able to smoke them but i was wrong.

i think eventually i will upgrade to a 3000 or 3200 but i want to find one that isn't so exspensive. $750 for the tt3000 like you have is to much for me right now. this is just a quck fix you could say, $200 can't beat it for now. once the tranny goes i will be upgrading hopefully. what are some good companys that make stalls. dont get me wrong the stall is great it drives perfect. i know another one of my friends that will be getting one very shortly here in his 2001 Z71. i just know that someday it wont be enough stall for what i want.

 

Cool deal LadiesMan, glad to hear your combo's workin for ya!

 

I would of thought you'd have more of a traction problem then 5-10 feet. I can't make a left hand turn without breaking the tires loose, most of the time the backend slides out a bit. It will break loose anywhere in 1st gear with only 1/2-5/8 throttle. (so much for my new BFG AT's)

Does your shift kit convert the TCC to ON/OFF from PWM, because I had problems with the lockup clutch slipping, I didn't notice it until I was towing a trailer. I was about to fix it with tuning.

BTW what are you riding this winter?

 

Congrats, man. Keep those mods coming!

 

i can really give it to much gas when going around corners because i will break loose. lit doesnt really break loose going straight and if i start to take off from a light and move a little then punch it it wont break them loose. only from a stand still. i have wrangler RTS on there maybe they hook pretty well.

Im TC retarted!!! i have no idea what your talking about.

i assume your talking about snowmobiles if so its a 94 skidoo formula STX 583.

after i recover from this blow (nelsons, stall, fan harness, escalade cluster) i am saving for a cam and headwork. knock on wood hopfully the rearend, and tranny hold (there both stock W/94,000 miles) long enough to get it done. as soon as snow flys it will be in the garage and back to driving my "DANGER RANGER" so that will help.


slowprocess: nice new time. pretty big jump what were you running before 14. something? i wish my truck was that fast.

 

Cool - did you do the converter install... or have a shop do it?

I wussed out of installing mine. I'm commited to a shop now.

 

did it myself. i went it to it blind . i had no clue on how to do it just a chiltons and a bunch of friends. it took awhile. getting the bolts out of the trans was my hardest part. my buddy ahs an 01 sierra and he wants to get one to, i told him lets wait till spring and do the headwork, cam, stall and headers all at the same time. if you could get the shop to do it for a good price i would have defently have done it. they wanted 750 to do the shift kit and stall. i said i will do it myself for that much. i ran into problems after the install with the truck not starting but i figured it out.

 

After you get a few more miles on your truck it should run even better.

 

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Im TC retarted!!! i have no idea what your talking about.

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Ok the TCC is the torque convertor clutch, and the pcm controls line pressure going to the clutch by a TCC PWM valve (pulse width modulation) The factory tune allows some slippable of the clutch. Now when you go and put a torque convertor in with a smaller lockup clutch it needs more line pressure to hold. On mine the rpm would drop 200-400 rpm for 3-5 sec then up 200-400 rpm for 3-5 sec and back again, it felt like it was locking and unlocking.

There are two ways to fix this. One is to block the TCC PWM valve in the transmission fully open, or what I did was adjust the table in the computer so it runs 98-100% duty cycle or full pressure all the time.
Now lockup is the most noticeable shift in my truck, it will drop over 1000 rpm instantly.




I am riding a 2002 MXZ 800, and hoping we get a real winter this year, one that lasts longer than a month. I have to get my trail perment soon $180 before dec 1., $230 after