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Old 02-05-06, 06:49 AM
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Default Dragon lextreme?

Looking for links on where to buy these converters. Now that I am ready to buy it seems like all the links I had are no good. As long as you are linking me, any opinions on which one is better? I have searched the threads and it seems like it's not defined.
Old 02-05-06, 07:05 AM
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tmengineering or Carson probably both have the Dragon
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Most of them available are made by Precision, go straight to them and skip the middle man.
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http://www.l-tunedparts.com/model/st...id=25&cat_id=9
Thats the cheapest Ive seen yet. Its a Dragon!
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Originally Posted by JspecSC3
http://www.l-tunedparts.com/model/st...id=25&cat_id=9
Thats the cheapest Ive seen yet. Its a Dragon!
Heres the TC ive been considering.
http://www.boostlogic.com/parts/supr...Converter.html
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http://www.lextreme.com/tc.htm

i've always pushed for lextreme TC's over other TC's.
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http://www.lextreme.com/allgo.html
Old 02-05-06, 10:00 PM
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Any body know how the lextreme TC compares to the Dragon?

Ive heard the dragon has considerable performance improvements over rebuilt tc's. Speed cost $$$. If indeed there is a considerable difference it might be worth it to get the Dragon. Just looking for the facts. Thanks.

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Originally Posted by Cannonbear
http://www.lextreme.com/tc.htm

i've always pushed for lextreme TC's over other TC's.
Holy $h!T! Thats cheap! Whats the difference between this and dragon?

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Somebody's gotta have some insight to the performance diff on these???
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Originally Posted by ScottURnot
Holy $h!T! Thats cheap! Whats the difference between this and dragon?

Scott
One is a remanufactured unit with an updated stall and one is a full replacement unit. I don't have any personal experiences with the remanufactured unit (I have a PI Dragon TC) but don't recall reading any issues with them.

Here is a thread from a few months ago that discusses some of the differences.... let's keep this thread more calm please
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=145704
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Originally Posted by DaveGS4
One is a remanufactured unit with an updated stall and one is a full replacement unit. I don't have any personal experiences with the remanufactured unit (I have a PI Dragon TC) but don't recall reading any issues with them.

Here is a thread from a few months ago that discusses some of the differences.... let's keep this thread more calm please
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=145704
Thanks! And sorry, I'm calm now.
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hmmm. That thread seems to be mostly an arguement about lextreme with a little bit of useful info. Still, no one has made any statements about performance differences. PI advertises "better torque multiplication", which I guess is the statement that peaked my interest and encouraged me to find out what the differance was on a performance level. I think that either TC would suffice from a durability standpoint, but I'm looking to find best performance.
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there's only so much you can do to a TC, i dont think you'll ever get two differing TCs side by side in a race, the savings alone would be worth it to me though.
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Dragon has a weight advantage and smaller rotational mass which equates to quicker response and performance if only slight along with stronger internals not that anything is wrong with the OEM internals. More information available here:

http://www.converter.com/comparison/index.htm

Whether the slight performance advantage and durability of the Dragon over an OEM rebuild is worth the additional cost is opinion based on a variety of factors-checkbook balance included-so no need in putting in my opinion as everyone's situation is different.

Also check on availability of cores as the two times I tried to purchase they did not have one available.

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