Well me and my buddy tuned my truck today, we pulled all the tq management out and moved some shift points, this truck has a 4.8 thats stock, all that is really done to the truck is exhaust and a tune, so im thinking about putting in a stall converter now, somewhere around 2800ish, how long can i expect this 4l60e to last?

 

it should last a while my friends 4.8 with the stock 60e is still goin strong with a cam and a 100 shot..hes put around 20-30 bottle thru it

 

im pushing like 90k miles now, everyone is always saying these are weak, so now that all the tq is removed and shifts are set, im either stalling it or spraying it, i was just curious on how much i should build up the disaster relief fund

 

my buddies has 140k. tq managment is gone...but always good to have a disaster fund not sayin it is gonna last cause it may and or may not, dont really know till it happens

 

I went about 23K with my mild cam and no tq management until my tranny let loose...I'm pretty sure that the tq converter is what let loose though.

 

can they really be that weak with the firebird guys running them? or is it the added weight of being in a truck

 

160K miles with a 4.8 . . . a few 3-4K were on the 6.0 in my sig . . . a shift kit, and a cooler go a long ways

my floor vibrates when the converter locks up, but that's about it.

 

My stock answer to all the "will my 60e last" questions.

Flip a coin.

 

that seems to be the most logical thing to do

 

Agreed^^^