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Old Apr 2, 2010 | 11:23 PM
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Originally Posted by 1Bear
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Toostie-Roll Toostie Pop, I guess the world may never know………..LOL

Way too many variables!
Thats funny because we were just saying the same thing at the shop the other day. But the story was how long will my stock trans hold up with......

Andy almost word for word said the same thing as above. Nice
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Old Apr 2, 2010 | 11:38 PM
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Originally Posted by TurboGibbs
That's kind of like asking, "How many squares of toilet paper am I going to need to wipe my *** after I take a ****?"

And an answer you might receive would be: What did you have to eat yesturday? Was it brick solid, solid but not firm, mustard brown soft, beer **** puff mud, or full-out liquid.
If full-out liquid, How would you rate the splash back?
If solid, was the exit with a blunt end or a slow taper? Was the taper firm or mustard brown soft?
That's hilarious.
Driving habits, weight, not getting tranny too hot & track use. Not winding the **** outta the RPM's prolly would help too. I guess there's alot of **** to consider.

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Old Apr 3, 2010 | 01:05 AM
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If you drive like ****, as I do, probably not a long time :-/
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Old Apr 3, 2010 | 02:01 AM
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my level 2 worked flawlessly behind my 6.2... ended up snapping an output shaft.
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Old Apr 3, 2010 | 02:19 AM
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[QUOTE=TurboGibbs;4430901]That's kind of like asking, "How many squares of toilet paper am I going to need to wipe my *** after I take a ****?"


LMAO that's was hilarious!!
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Old Apr 3, 2010 | 02:36 AM
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Originally Posted by TurboGibbs
That's kind of like asking, "How many squares of toilet paper am I going to need to wipe my *** after I take a ****?"

And an answer you might receive would be: What did you have to eat yesturday? Was it brick solid, solid but not firm, mustard brown soft, beer **** puff mud, or full-out liquid.
If full-out liquid, How would you rate the splash back?
If solid, was the exit with a blunt end or a slow taper? Was the taper firm or mustard brown soft?
That is sig material right there!!

My tranny is on it's 3rd - 4th year with no issues what-so-ever. I've put about 1000hp through it and it's still tip top!!
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Old Apr 4, 2010 | 10:42 AM
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i went 160000 miles on a stock 4l60e behind a cammed 4.8. it started to slip so i had it built with heavy duty clutches, sun gear, 5 pinion planetaries, billet servos, etc, etc. only took me 6000 miles to rip it to pieces behind same motor.
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Old Apr 4, 2010 | 11:46 AM
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My stock lasted 115-120k
First built lasted 8 months before the rear planetary exploded. 2nd one kept blowing fluid out and burned up the clutches after about 8-10 months IIRC. 3rd built has been running flawlessly for several months now.

As stated. there is no answer. Keep the temps down and pray to whoever it is you pray to.
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Old Apr 4, 2010 | 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Spoolin
My tranny is on it's 3rd - 4th year with no issues what-so-ever. I've put about 1000hp through it and it's still tip top!!
Yet, in your sig, nothin is listed. So how does the OP or anyone know what you're runnin that handles 1000hp?

Originally Posted by acethedragon
i went 160000 miles on a stock 4l60e behind a cammed 4.8. it started to slip so i had it built with heavy duty clutches, sun gear, 5 pinion planetaries, billet servos, etc, etc. only took me 6000 miles to rip it to pieces behind same motor.
Nothin was changed to up the power after built tranny was put in?

Originally Posted by viciousknid
My stock lasted 115-120k
First built lasted 8 months before the rear planetary exploded. 2nd one kept blowing fluid out and burned up the clutches after about 8-10 months IIRC. 3rd built has been running flawlessly for several months now.

As stated. there is no answer. Keep the temps down...
acethedragon & Joshua, anyone...How are the built trannies takin a dump so fast when the stockers have lasted? All I can figure is we think they'll hold up, so we push them harder.
Or...power was added, & kept being added that wasn't there on the stock ones.
Cause if stockers hold up better than built, why would 1 upgrade their unit?
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Old Apr 4, 2010 | 12:19 PM
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Does anybody know of anyone looking to buy a STS turbo kit for silverado..........$6500
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