So who is still making healthy power and 4l60
01-18-2012, 07:10 PM
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I'm on my 4th 60e in 6 years... This onehas about 30k miles on it, 20k were the 5.3 with about 10 Bottles of a 100 shot then a few 175 shots towards the end. Now it's behind my 6.0 and I think 1st is starting to slip in the top end. But hey it's lasted threw some abuse.
01-19-2012, 08:04 PM
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I've had my heavy crew cab set on kill ever since I've had it. Mods in sig. I mud it, several track passes, pulling an 18' trailer with my lifted k5 on 38's on it... Etc it's had it's fair share of abuse. It's never had the tranny fluid changed to my acknowledgement. I know the guy that bought it new off the lot. It has 145,xxx miles. Converter and tru cool were added 5,xxx ish ago.
01-19-2012, 08:13 PM
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I don't have much power but I figured it might be worth mentioning.
My 60e has 270 some thousand miles. Still the factory fluid in it. Added a big cooler last year, it used to run 210* everywhere. Now it runs 150*.
This thing has towed 6500 pounds 850 miles running 80+ the whole way. Has been WOT downshifted at least 10k times. Got it so hot once it boiled 2.5 quarts of fluid out. Made about 30 quarter mile passes. It basically gets beat on about everyday somehow.
It still shifts like it did 5 years ago, and takes the abuse with no problems.
My 60e has 270 some thousand miles. Still the factory fluid in it. Added a big cooler last year, it used to run 210* everywhere. Now it runs 150*.
This thing has towed 6500 pounds 850 miles running 80+ the whole way. Has been WOT downshifted at least 10k times. Got it so hot once it boiled 2.5 quarts of fluid out. Made about 30 quarter mile passes. It basically gets beat on about everyday somehow.
It still shifts like it did 5 years ago, and takes the abuse with no problems.
01-19-2012, 08:26 PM
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I don't have much power but I figured it might be worth mentioning.
My 60e has 270 some thousand miles. Still the factory fluid in it. Added a big cooler last year, it used to run 210* everywhere. Now it runs 150*.
This thing has towed 6500 pounds 850 miles running 80+ the whole way. Has been WOT downshifted at least 10k times. Got it so hot once it boiled 2.5 quarts of fluid out. Made about 30 quarter mile passes. It basically gets beat on about everyday somehow.
It still shifts like it did 5 years ago, and takes the abuse with no problems.
My 60e has 270 some thousand miles. Still the factory fluid in it. Added a big cooler last year, it used to run 210* everywhere. Now it runs 150*.
This thing has towed 6500 pounds 850 miles running 80+ the whole way. Has been WOT downshifted at least 10k times. Got it so hot once it boiled 2.5 quarts of fluid out. Made about 30 quarter mile passes. It basically gets beat on about everyday somehow.
It still shifts like it did 5 years ago, and takes the abuse with no problems.
Let's both knock on wood! You a few more times then me! I wot down shift all the time. F*uck let it bump!
01-19-2012, 09:16 PM
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no kidding right? mine is stock with a servo and aluminum accumulator pistons currently @78xxx. it has probably 30-40 1/4mile passes and gets driven pretty hard on the street as well. true cool 40 waiting to install and future plan is a pb lv2 i think. i guess only time will tell how long it lasts after the heads/fast...
01-19-2012, 11:16 PM
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In my experience in building these units it seems that the 3-4 clutch is the main issue I saw in my built units. There is a new drum in the works from sonnax that has not been released yet. Pretty sure the idea behind this product is to address the 3-4 clutch issues. Like anything else I think they are working the bugs out of it at this point. Don't know. I think its funny when some guys say they blew up their unit when in reality it was a clutch or band failure. IMO when its blown up a hard part is broke like an output shaft or a planet. In a properly built unit these failures should not exist. Just my 2 cents.