99 TA whats a good tq conv. for a DD.

[89firebird]

My brother has a 99 TA car is pretty much stock right now eventually going to do a few bolt ons. Looking to put a new tq conv. in it mainly looking for a higher stall. just wondering what is a good converter to run was thinking or going with like a 2800 to 3200 stall some where around there. A buddy of ours has a yank nitrous converter thats fairly new thats a 3000 or 3200 stall wasnt sure if it would be worth picking up or what we should look for thanks

[KirkEvil]

It really depends on how much he can tolerate for getting up to speed and fuel consumption. It would be great if you know someone with a high stall to give a ride to understand how it feels. If you dont know anyone, your next best friend is youtube videos.

I run a PI vigilante 4000 which is a bit loose and dd on it. It takes around 2500 rpm to accelerate normally with traffic and a little over 3000 for a quick pick up. Personally, the smallest I would go on an ls1 is 3600 if your looking for performance, or 3200 if you want to lean more towards stock feeling streetability. This is speaking generally as there are other factors than stall speed though, like STR and application that will affect how much rpm you will need for normal driving.

Stalls are a bit give and take - what you gain off the hit, you will loose efficiency in high rpm. However even with the efficiency loss your average power throughout each gear will be better and in turn make the car faster.

Yank, Precision Industries, Circle D, and FTI seem to have made a good name for themselves in the LSX world.