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i need to buy a 2000 or 2200 converter and i was wandering what brand you guys have the most success with and by success i mean breaks the least with street driving.

p.s. i have been looking at tci's saturday night spec. or their breakaway series if they are good which one is better?

Hughes are some of the best. I used one of their torque converters and their clutch kits in my th350 (they don't actually make the clutches and steels, those are Red Alto and Kolene).

On the rare occasions that I use an automatic, I've been pleased with Coan products........ Friend of mine runs a TCI trans and converter behind his 383, been in there a couple years now with no problems....

Never had a problem with a B&M behind a mouse, fried one with a rat motor in under 2K miles, LOTS of burn outs though. was a 2400 in a Turbo 400.

Originally Posted by seansz28

i need to buy a 2000 or 2200 converter and i was wandering what brand you guys have the most success with and by success i mean breaks the least with street driving.

p.s. i have been looking at tci's saturday night spec. or their breakaway series if they are good which one is better?

TCI Converters are nice converters but if u want something heavy duty for the street use Hughes.

i am expecting around 450hp. for my 454 with a th400 do you think i would need the hughes street rod or street master i want the most durable product i can get. thanks for the help

Originally Posted by seansz28

i am expecting around 450hp. for my 454 with a th400 do you think i would need the hughes street rod or street master i want the most durable product i can get. thanks for the help

If I were you i would go for Hughes Performance Street Master Torque Converters #HUP-GM25 in Summit Racing.

BILLIT STAINLESS STEEL W/FRONT AND BACK ANTI-BALOON PLATES W/A VERY TIGHT LOW RPM STALLED TO YOUR RATTS CAM/POWER SPEC's
:ie-CONTINENTAL,MUNSINGER,TCS ARE THE ONE I HAVEN'T BROKEN YET!
THE HUGH'S THAT I USED BROKE WHEN I LOOKED AT IT! SO I FIRED THEM

Originally Posted by seansz28

i need to buy a 2000 or 2200 converter and i was wandering what brand you guys have the most success with and by success i mean breaks the least with street driving.

p.s. i have been looking at tci's saturday night spec. or their breakaway series if they are good which one is better?

GET YOU A B&M HOLESHOT 2400 STALL RANGE IS FROM 2200 TO 2400 OR GET A HOLEDHOT 2000 STALL RANGE IS 1900 TO 2100

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

On the rare occasions that I use an automatic, I've been pleased with Coan products........ Friend of mine runs a TCI trans and converter behind his 383, been in there a couple years now with no problems....

What Dave says here.
I was the 2nd owner of a Coan converter it was three years old when I got it.
I was un-sure of how many pass's it had on it.
I sent it to Coan and they only charged me $75 they said it did not need anything done to it all they did was a flush and a cleaning.
I do know I had it behind my 454 at the time that was only running 6.40's with it.
I put well over 200 pass's on it but every winter I sent it to Coan to be looked at.
I sold it to a local guy and he ran it another few years and sold the car.

coan steel stator is what i use . torque converter are you get what you pay for. i have used tci. art carr .bm .ger. vega.s. tci are junk

Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

coan steel stator is what i use . torque converter are you get what you pay for. i have used tci. art carr .bm .ger. vega.s. tci are junk

Is GER still around?
I think I would still choose the TCI over the GER.

i do not know if ger are still around BUT i called them told them to build me a custom .it cost 600 . still is working over five years and the tci.s did not last one year. they told me to send them back we can fix them? no i do not think you can? OK i sent it back .did you get it ?? yes what the F$%k did you have this in ????? my gto ? how much power are you making ? this is junk . yes i did know that thanks.

I think the TCI stuff is a lot like the B&M Holeshot series.... If you have the converter in the car and the decal on the window, does it really matter if it works right??? (or at all?) I guess if all you are running is a heavy car with 300 horse the cheapies are fun. When you really get ready to go fast, it's going to take a whole lot more converter and $$$$ then the "one size fits all" stuff the mailorder houses pedal....

yes you are right dave low hp and tq there is many that will workBUT the first time you make power and pull out your trans rebuild it and buy a nother cheapy it get you 3/4 of the way to some thing good .it took me some time and money to get that. i really get that now