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May 2, 2023 | 07:42 PM
#23
I blew up two performabuilt 4L65’s street driving. I switched to a Finish line level 5 which held great but once I got to 700 wheel I decided to swap to a 4L80. The Finish Line did fine but I wanted to keep it healthy to recoup some of my cash.
May 2, 2023 | 07:48 PM
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4l80 should be a must for anyone wanting to mod their truck beyond stock levels
May 2, 2023 | 11:51 PM
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There are some guys that just love the 80e. ☺️
I swapped a 4L80e into my 99 Silverado V6 while I was in there swapping a 5.3. It's an ECSB 2wd, so swap is pretty straightforward.
My 4L60e made it to 260k, but had developed that P1870 code...I always babied and always feared (in the back of my.mind) the thing would blow up at any if I pushed it too hard. I always serviced it though and fluid was still cherry red when I pulled it. It owed me nothing, so I really can't complain.
Now that it's a weekender truck and with the little 5.3, I give her the beans often. It's a pretty sweet combination and made the truck much more fun to drive. Mind you, it's all bone stock, so only 315HP, or whatever the thing puts out. Hey, stock guys can still benefit from the swap-tronics! 🤭
If you are set on the 4L60e variant though, check out the gentleman that just split from Performabuilt. He's on his own and a new sponsor at the LS1TECH website. His name is Frank. Seems very knowledgeable on that transmission series and just posted some prices. I'll post his thread. It's good to have options.
Where are you located OP?
I swapped a 4L80e into my 99 Silverado V6 while I was in there swapping a 5.3. It's an ECSB 2wd, so swap is pretty straightforward.
My 4L60e made it to 260k, but had developed that P1870 code...I always babied and always feared (in the back of my.mind) the thing would blow up at any if I pushed it too hard. I always serviced it though and fluid was still cherry red when I pulled it. It owed me nothing, so I really can't complain.
Now that it's a weekender truck and with the little 5.3, I give her the beans often. It's a pretty sweet combination and made the truck much more fun to drive. Mind you, it's all bone stock, so only 315HP, or whatever the thing puts out. Hey, stock guys can still benefit from the swap-tronics! 🤭
If you are set on the 4L60e variant though, check out the gentleman that just split from Performabuilt. He's on his own and a new sponsor at the LS1TECH website. His name is Frank. Seems very knowledgeable on that transmission series and just posted some prices. I'll post his thread. It's good to have options.
Where are you located OP?
May 2, 2023 | 11:58 PM
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There are some guys that just love the 80e. ☺️
I swapped a 4L80e into my 99 Silverado V6 while I was in there swapping a 5.3. It's an ECSB 2wd, so swap is pretty straightforward.
My 4L60e made it to 260k, but had developed that P1870 code...I always babied and always feared (in the back of my.mind) the thing would blow up at any if I pushed it too hard. I always serviced it though and fluid was still cherry red when I pulled it. It owed me nothing, so I really can't complain.
Now that it's a weekender truck and with the little 5.3, I give her the beans often. It's a pretty sweet combination and made the truck much more fun to drive. Mind you, it's all bone stock, so only 315HP, or whatever the thing puts out. Hey, stock guys can still benefit from the swap-tronics! 🤭
If you are set on the 4L60e variant though, check out the gentleman that just split from Performabuilt. He's on his own and a new sponsor at the LS1TECH website. His name is Frank. Seems very knowledgeable on that transmission series and just posted some prices. I'll post his thread. It's good to have options.
Where are you located OP?
I swapped a 4L80e into my 99 Silverado V6 while I was in there swapping a 5.3. It's an ECSB 2wd, so swap is pretty straightforward.
My 4L60e made it to 260k, but had developed that P1870 code...I always babied and always feared (in the back of my.mind) the thing would blow up at any if I pushed it too hard. I always serviced it though and fluid was still cherry red when I pulled it. It owed me nothing, so I really can't complain.
Now that it's a weekender truck and with the little 5.3, I give her the beans often. It's a pretty sweet combination and made the truck much more fun to drive. Mind you, it's all bone stock, so only 315HP, or whatever the thing puts out. Hey, stock guys can still benefit from the swap-tronics! 🤭
If you are set on the 4L60e variant though, check out the gentleman that just split from Performabuilt. He's on his own and a new sponsor at the LS1TECH website. His name is Frank. Seems very knowledgeable on that transmission series and just posted some prices. I'll post his thread. It's good to have options.
Where are you located OP?
my 65e made it to over 190k. I was doing a dragy pull on the street when it let go and this is after doing several weekend track outings and hot lapping. I’m still upset at myself.
May 3, 2023 | 07:55 AM
#27
There are some guys that just love the 80e. ☺️
I swapped a 4L80e into my 99 Silverado V6 while I was in there swapping a 5.3. It's an ECSB 2wd, so swap is pretty straightforward.
My 4L60e made it to 260k, but had developed that P1870 code...I always babied and always feared (in the back of my.mind) the thing would blow up at any if I pushed it too hard. I always serviced it though and fluid was still cherry red when I pulled it. It owed me nothing, so I really can't complain.
Now that it's a weekender truck and with the little 5.3, I give her the beans often. It's a pretty sweet combination and made the truck much more fun to drive. Mind you, it's all bone stock, so only 315HP, or whatever the thing puts out. Hey, stock guys can still benefit from the swap-tronics! 🤭
If you are set on the 4L60e variant though, check out the gentleman that just split from Performabuilt. He's on his own and a new sponsor at the LS1TECH website. His name is Frank. Seems very knowledgeable on that transmission series and just posted some prices. I'll post his thread. It's good to have options.
Where are you located OP?
I swapped a 4L80e into my 99 Silverado V6 while I was in there swapping a 5.3. It's an ECSB 2wd, so swap is pretty straightforward.
My 4L60e made it to 260k, but had developed that P1870 code...I always babied and always feared (in the back of my.mind) the thing would blow up at any if I pushed it too hard. I always serviced it though and fluid was still cherry red when I pulled it. It owed me nothing, so I really can't complain.
Now that it's a weekender truck and with the little 5.3, I give her the beans often. It's a pretty sweet combination and made the truck much more fun to drive. Mind you, it's all bone stock, so only 315HP, or whatever the thing puts out. Hey, stock guys can still benefit from the swap-tronics! 🤭
If you are set on the 4L60e variant though, check out the gentleman that just split from Performabuilt. He's on his own and a new sponsor at the LS1TECH website. His name is Frank. Seems very knowledgeable on that transmission series and just posted some prices. I'll post his thread. It's good to have options.
Where are you located OP?
Frank is a good guy. He took good care of me on my warranty issues at performabuilt.
May 3, 2023 | 08:23 AM
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May 3, 2023 | 08:59 AM
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Truck had a Magnuson Radix supercharger at the time, parts where breaking like the sun shell i think its called, I`m not much of a transmission mechanic, but non of the shops around here ever built me a 4l60 that stayed together. If I had known about Performabuilt tho that may have solved the problem. However I have never destroyed a 4L80 and it has over 60,000 miles on it now.
May 3, 2023 | 09:13 AM
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Truck had a Magnuson Radix supercharger at the time, parts where breaking like the sun shell i think its called, I`m not much of a transmission mechanic, but non of the shops around here ever built me a 4l60 that stayed together. If I had known about Performabuilt tho that may have solved the problem. However I have never destroyed a 4L80 and it has over 60,000 miles on it now.
I think this right here is the big deal. You have to get a premium built 4l60 to do any power mods and stay with that transmission, where just about any 80 will do. If you get one from the guys that do it right, make hydraulic changes, drill holes to reroute fluid, etc then they work. But they aren't cheap.