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Offline imean340

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best converter
« on: June 23, 2008 - 01:04:15 PM »
Hey guys, im back again. Time to put the challenger back together but im trying to figure out what is a good brand of converter to use. Im trying to keep it  as much under $500 as possible. The car is a challenger, motor is a 340 .030 over, .480 lift 230 duration cam @.050 with 110 LSA. Car has a 727A with 4.56 gears in the rear and a 28" tire. The car sees street/track use. Lots of local driving but it doesn't need to feel like a honda civic around town (I gather you guys understand that already after seeing the 4.56 rear lol). I was thinking that something that footbraked up to about 3000 would be best. Not sure what kind of flash stall rating im looking at here to get that. What do you guys think? Any particular brand known good for mopars? If so, i'll probably call them and give them the specs of the car and see if they can point me to the right product. Thanks!
Kris
'70 340 challenger- 69 crank and block,  bored .030 over, speed pro forged pistons, eagle forged I beam rods, 2.02/1.60 "J" heads, 3 angle valve job, 230*/230* .480/.480 110LSA cam, Eddy performer manifold, hooker supercomp 1 3/4's headers, Holley 670 street avenger, TACTRANS 727, Protorque converter, 4.56 gears, L60 M/T "I" treads, SS springs, 70/30+50/50 drag shocks---spray coming soon---




Offline asm74

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Re: best converter
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2008 - 01:56:29 PM »
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Offline tactransman

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Re: best converter
« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2008 - 09:52:37 AM »
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Offline GoodysGotaCuda

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Re: best converter
« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2008 - 10:11:05 AM »
I love my custom tweaked converter, car runs great with it. I run a Dynamic converter, heard lots good about PTC as well.

Worth the $$ to get it tweaked in my opinion.
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Offline vinb

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Re: best converter
« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2008 - 05:21:50 PM »
I love my custom tweaked converter, car runs great with it. I run a Dynamic converter, heard lots good about PTC as well.

Worth the $$ to get it tweaked in my opinion.
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Talk to Frank or Shawn....

Offline BacardiCBR

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Re: best converter
« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2008 - 06:47:40 PM »
John at Cope racing helped with my PTC converter.  It does exactly what I asked for it to do!  If you know what you're looking for and can afford the $400 or so for a custom then go PTC  :cheers:
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Offline 500Stroker

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Re: best converter
« Reply #6 on: June 27, 2008 - 06:29:21 PM »
:iagree:
Talk to Frank or Shawn....


I agree Frank Lupo's Dynamic is the best.  I just put one in my car a month ago for an article in Mopar Enthusiast.   Mention Dave Verna's name and they will take 100.00 off.   :cheers:  He wrote the story for the mag.

http://dynamicconverters.com/converters.htm