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Old 07-05-2009, 01:57 AM   #15
lemons12
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Originally Posted by cals400ex View Post
i see a lot of cammed cars not pulling quite the same 60ft as stock ones. i am wondering if it is because a lot of the cammed cars don't kick in until 5000 + rpms. i only pulled a 1.69 in my cammed ls1 and a yank pt 3800. however, i bought this stall not for really hard launches. i wanted some efficiency top end too. i am full weight and i only run 3.23 gears. the str on the stall is only 2.0 so it isn't a hard hitting one. however, this stall plus a swap in brands of long tube headers picked me up over 8 tenths in the quarter....
most just get too small of a converter and are scared of going to a deep gear..

get a 4k converter in an ls1 with some 410s.. it likes the 60ft.. mine loved it.. i jumped other H/C cars HARD out of the whole.. and had plenty of top end to pull it through, and usually trapped much higher also..
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