80E swap
 

ok i just bought a 96 80E 2wd unit for $100 bucks will it work in my 02 chevy 1500 2wd just wanta make sure before i rebuild it

yeah it'll work just rewire harness, mod crossmember and driveshaft

ok sweet so whats a good rebuilt kit to buy and are there any upgrades i should do internally

When you say rewire the harness what are you talking about?

What are your plans for the truck? Most of the time an 80E with a shift kit is enough for most people.

How many miles on the unit? How did the fluid look? Metal in the pan?

truck will be getting a D1SC procharger on a heads cam 6.0 it will be a track toy weekend driver

the fluid was nice and clean didnt smell burnt at all its got 150K on it

What kind of power?

You'd probably be just fine with a shift kit. You might also want to consider a billet turbine shaft although plenty of people are making big power on the stock turbine shaft, some people have broken it with bolt ons.

you've got to swap some wires on the transmission main connector (round connector) and swap some pins as well on the pcm side connector

you know how it goes ill always wont more :D

but for now like 500 to 600 RWHP

You going to do a full rebuild, new clutches, etc? I say put a shift kit in it and see how it does. You'll probably have 600+ to the wheels, but your truck is light, I think a shift kit will suffice.

Think you'll stick with the 3,600rpm converter? (obviously you'll have to get a new 80e one)