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Offline heminut

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Re: hughes converters
« Reply #15 on: February 16, 2009 - 12:05:20 PM »
Maybe they only fall down when put behind an engine with decent power then? I personally know three people that have destroyed TCI converters on engines over 450hp. Moparts is full of stories about them.

The ones used by the 3 people I know and myself were all "Street Fighter" 10-inch converters. Maybe they are just built too cheap for big block power? My 440 was only making 530hp and destroyed one in no time at all.

I've had a 10" TCI Streetfighter in my Cuda for 7 years now, first behind the 392 hemi with over 100 hard 1/4 mile passes and now behind the 5.7 hemi. I've never had a problem with it!
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Offline Roppa440

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Re: hughes converters
« Reply #16 on: February 16, 2009 - 05:15:19 PM »
I've had a 10" TCI Streetfighter in my Cuda for 7 years now, first behind the 392 hemi with over 100 hard 1/4 mile passes and now behind the 5.7 hemi. I've never had a problem with it!

What's your mph in the 1/4?
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Offline 1970-cuda340

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Re: hughes converters
« Reply #17 on: February 16, 2009 - 09:00:18 PM »
I ordered the TCI breakaway. The engine is nowhere near stock.(Just somewhat in appearance) It's a 372 stroker,10 to 1 compression. Approx 375 HP (I hope  ;D ) I had a TCI streetfighter in my 73 charger with a 500ci stroker 440 and had no problems. Multiple passes at the track and lots of tire burning on the street. Hopefully the Breakaway will give me the same service. Just wanting to try something different. Haven't heard of anyone using hughes. It will be a weekend driver only so there won't be many miles anyhow.

Offline 71chally416

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Re: hughes converters
« Reply #18 on: February 16, 2009 - 09:57:18 PM »
Any aftermarket stall convertor will launch a car at a higher RPM. The well built ones will not really be noticeable after that with excessive slippage. It's impossible to gage improvement with no A-B comparison, so using a stock convertor first is a good way to tell if a vert helps or hurts. If your 60 ft time improves dramatically and you don't lose any measureable MPH over the stocker at the track, it's a good vert. If you gain a few tenths in the 60 but lose 4-5 MPH in the traps, it's not. The worst scenerio is a loose vert that frys the tires on the launch and than slips excessively in high gear, meaning you just paid $$$ and did a lot of work to go slower than you would have went with a stocker. :2cents:
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