Ran across this in an article about GM's woes (with more to come, I'm sure).

Anyway, I'm wondering - is there a production vehicle with this tranny in it already?

 

The 6L80E is, it's in the new vettes and a few caddy's. I was going to swap to this, but the gear ratio's blow. First gear would be totally useless, since its 4.0XX:1. Plus I thought it would/should be a close ratio 5speed with one overdrive. But in true GM fashion they decided to make it a 4 speed with 2 overdrives. The way the vettes get around the first gear is the fact that they'll come with 2.73 or something rear gears.

 

I hate having only 4 gears, Its like driving with an on-off switch

 

i don't know, my buddy has a titan(5spd Auto), for a purely street driven, daily driver type thing they seemed great, not sure how I'd like them at the track, there was alot of shifting going on..........hard to say.......I guess I'd just have to drive one and see.

 

NO fair, see you have the Radix to fill in all those spots between gears!

 

LOL

at first I thought I would love this new tranny, but after riding in my buddies 5spd commuting to and from work, I kinda like the 4spd..............in all honesty though............I'd have to drive one, who knows, might be love at first shift

 

i'm very content wiht my 4 gears now that i have the LQ9. the 4.8 needed a CVT

 

I only have a probleem with 4 speeds when I'm taking off and turning at the same time. When I accelerate aggresivly but not enuff to break traction, as I complete the turn and get ready to nail it, it upshifts. So it bogs and then downshifts right back to first.

 

Thats my pet peave with the tranny too. Tow/haul mode fixed that though. Or just adjust the shift points in the normal mode.

 

I don't have tow haul right now, Next tune I think I'm gonna have two shift maps put in. I guess holding first gear longer would solve this, but that would be annoying and waste gas when I'm just putting around