4l80e swap - combatting MPG loss with gearing

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05-30-2012, 10:20 PM

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What are your hp goals? An 80e could be overkill.

I love overkill

Im puttin a stock 80E in my samurai behind a stock 4.8.

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05-31-2012, 10:06 AM

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I love overkill

Im puttin a stock 80E in my samurai behind a stock 4.8.

I guess that was a dumb question, this is the site for overkill

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05-31-2012, 10:15 AM

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I guess that was a dumb question, this is the site for overkill

Theres double over kill in my samurai
v8 and a 80E

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05-31-2012, 12:35 PM

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I picked up about 6mpg with my T56 swap with the stock 3.73 gears. This was giving me a cruise RPM of about 1500 at 75mph. I feel like lower cruise RPM will help with MPG a lot, but I do have to downshift to 5th for big hills. Going to 4.56s soon.

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05-31-2012, 01:12 PM

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How about the city, how much did you gain or lose there?

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05-31-2012, 02:43 PM

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A little better in the city, but not much.

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05-31-2012, 02:54 PM

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A little better in the city, but not much.

I would love to see a pic if you have it. Just a long truck shifter coming out of the floor?

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05-31-2012, 04:01 PM

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Find the T56 swap thread, plenty of pics in there. The shifter comes through the cup holder in the center console.

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05-31-2012, 04:41 PM

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Find the T56 swap thread, plenty of pics in there. The shifter comes through the cup holder in the center console.

Interesting, ill look it up.

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