I doubt buttonfly's converter was actually stalling at 3200. He stated it was very loose. He's changing to whats normally a 2800 stall converter that may actually stall at 3200 on his combo. Thats why you usually get free restalls on converters.... sometimes they can be off for given combos.
As far as your combo, I would get the current combo working good before I upgrade the turbo. Maybe you need a smaller 3200 staller converter to spool the TE44 on your combo, who knows. If you upgrade the turbo and get a converter and it still doesn't spool right, you're right back where you are and the car might run slower. Tuned right, your car should run mid 11's easy and probably run low 11's with your combo. If you can't spool the TE44 like crazy, its probably only going to get worse if you upgrade the turbo.
I just ordered a 6152, have the stock intercooler with the opened up neck, 3200 stall, TT Chip, alky, rebuilt the motor with Diamond pistons, roller rockers and rebuilt the trans as well. 60 lbs. injectors and 100lb valve springs. I upgraded from a TA49. Given everything and my stock intercooler I shouldn't have any issues with this turbo, right?
I don't see many guys posting times with the 6152.Maybe there are alot of tuning issues or its a newer Turbo.Isn't the 6152 the same Turbo as the GT-61
Thats pretty good on 93 octane.A 3400 converter is a little more then I thought the 6152 needed.What Turbo did you have before this Turbo?? I want to make sure that the 6152 has a substantial power increase compared to the TE-44 which almost everyone has been in the 11's with.
i got the 3400 stall because my choices for a L/U were around 2800 and 3400 and i already had a 26-2800 in the car before and it was too laggy for my tastes. i got a 1.8 60ft. on 225 street tires and launching on 9-10" of vacuum, much better with the 2.0+'s i was getting with the old converter! the turbo before this one was a stocker but i never really ran the stocker down the track.
Yeah lag on a daily driver makes the car feel like a real V-6 at times.If I get the 6152 I would probably opt for a 3400 too.Does it spool anywhere near like the stock Turbo did on the stock converter?? I like snappier Turbo's for the street unlike say a TE45.
well i have a 9x11 3200 stall in my car and it spools the GT61-52 up like it crazy. i'm thinkin about having the convertor tighten up some so it don't hit the tires as hard in the street. my best for true pump gas with no alky is a 7.83 @90 mph with a 1.80 60ft on street tires. this was acheived @ 15psi of boost.