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Originally Posted by DavidS (Post 50538)

I saw a couple of his postings, but I have my own J&M stories from before I joined NEFBA. He had a couple shout box items on J&M and I sent him a link on a few other horror stories (might have been on ls1tech) but I don't think he was ready to hear it.

Edit: Just did a google search to find my old link and just found Bayer's new post here and he sounds real mad:
http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/easter...sports-ct.html

sweet thanks, My luck with searching tonight has been no good lol

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Originally Posted by ZFreie (Post 50539)

sweet thanks, My luck with searching tonight has been no good lol

ZFrie: I made a couple edits. I found 1 more link and clarified that Bayers car had already been at J&M for a while before I used the shoutbox to send him the ls1tech link.

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Originally Posted by DavidS (Post 50540)

ZFrie: I made a couple edits. I found 1 more link and clarified that Bayers car had already been at J&M for a while before I used the shoutbox to send him the ls1tech link.

Sweet check it out, i can't believe how much bad people have to say about a shop and they aren't closed down yet.

I heard J&M was good but that goes to show ya that word of mouth isnt all its cracked up to be.
David No matter who you go with for a converter you need a higher stall period!
knowin cam specs is a plus but not nessesary.
car weight-rear ratio-trans type should be good.
also you do have a BIG cam in there and idle isnt what one would call smooth lol.
I never Had issues with TCI for TH350-400 trannys.
And you know first hand I beat the crap outta my drivetrain lol.
I did have issues with HUGHES and B&M converters though.
another good MFG. is COAN http://www.coanracing.com/Catalog.asp?CatClass=02CO
the main point is to get a matched torque converter for your drivetrain setup.
cuz it sucks right now lol.
I used to have same issue with a bit higher than stock converter and had to set tranny in nuetral at the lights or stand on the brake pedal (non power drums lol)until car died.
you might have a problem selecting a converter from Yank cuz they dont make converters for TH400 .
only powerglide.

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Originally Posted by DAWG (Post 50551)

I heard J&M was good but that goes to show ya that word of mouth isnt all its cracked up to be.
David No matter who you go with for a converter you need a higher stall period!
knowin cam specs is a plus but not nessesary.
car weight-rear ratio-trans type should be good.
also you do have a BIG cam in there and idle isnt what one would call smooth lol.
I never Had issues with TCI for TH350-400 trannys.
And you know first hand I beat the crap outta my drivetrain lol.
I did have issues with and B&M converters though.
another good MFG. is COAN http://www.coanracing.com/Catalog.asp?CatClass=02CO
the main point is to get a matched torque converter for your drivetrain setup.
cuz it sucks right now lol.
I used to have same issue with a bit higher than stock converter and had to set tranny in nuetral at the lights or stand on the brake pedal (non power drums lol)until car died.
you might have a problem selecting a converter from Yank cuz they dont make converters for TH400 .
only powerglide.

Thanks Dawg! I filled out the Coan online form and will post when they write back.

ya might have to call them cuz some sites dont look at the forms until end of week.

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Originally Posted by DAWG (Post 50556)

ya might have to call them cuz some sites dont look at the forms until end of week.

Just got a call from Art at Coan. He said that without the cam info, he could only make a guess and would lean his guess to the conservative side. He recommended the COA-20316. Link is here, but not much info: http://www.coanracing.com/Catalog.asp?ProductDetail=959

he said it is a 10" 3,000 rpm stall.

He also said that to make a real recommendation, he needs the cam info.

yeah ya might have to track down the builder or take a shot at the converter he suggested.
anything is better than whats in there now.
just my opinion but I would go just a bit more on the stall say 3300.

YANK!!!! CALL YANK! Just saying!

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Originally Posted by ILuvPizzaTimes10 (Post 50631)

YANK!!!! CALL YANK! Just saying!

OK, will give them a call tomorrow.