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I broke the first one when the rear end blew out, bought a stock one with stock converter, it went out 3 months later. I had the first one rebuilt 3 times now, none of which has lasted over 200 miles, now it has done it again.. :argg: So it happened 4 times in about 5-6 weeks !!!!!!!!
I just need to find a stock one for now after I make my trip to Seattle.. That or I am going to put a stock 60e and sell the truck...
im about to finish up my 80 swap, ill let ya know how it goes.
The 60e has put the hurt on many a guys quest for speed in a truck. I finally gave up on them. I'm on my second 80e, hoping that the first was a bum unit or I screwed up doing the trango kit. Even hurt it still worked. I had no real idea there was anything wrong with it. Just found a few chunks in the pan working on a leak and put the spare in till I can go through it.
T-56 swap
yours is 2wd - goes in quite nicely
I thought about that actually..Quote:
Originally Posted by zebra
talk to Wtfan18. he's running a T-56 in his RCSB & loves it
I actually like the idea, just dont know if I am willing to do that yet.. I have other things than keeps paying for stuff on this truck when I am wanting to other things like paint and body work.. I might just put a stock trans while I find a t-56 and do all of that...
A stock 60e isnt going to hold a modded 5.3 for very long bro. You haft to upgrade. I had mine completely gone through and had every lil thing upgraded. Has held close to 10k so far. When it goes out Im going to look into Finish line. I advise the same for you.
that 60e has been ok with your 100 shot?Quote:
Originally Posted by Show&Go
It hasnt seen the 100shot many times. Maybe 4 times at most. With a good builder they will hold up for a good while though.
FLT stage 5 & be done with it
... or a t-56
I seem to have decent luck finding cheap stock transmissions, so I may do that for now, until I can get a good built one. Wont try to race it. I just want to be able to drive the truck at least instead of letting it sit in the driveway or just sitting on jack stands.
The other thing I thought of is learning to rebuild these and getting everything cryo treated so I dont have to worry about the hard parts. I am not running any power adders just yet, so that it may hold out for more than 200 miles..
dallas, if you find a good 80e I can help you out and show you everything that needs to be done. Its all really pretty simple, just got to modify the stock xmember but even that wasnt to hard.
Hey T... I will be in touch about that.. How did you do in LA the other weekend?
We went to evadale. not to good though I lost .5 second from when we went to HRP, temps are too hot. cant wait for the winter.
We had an ambient of 103.1 at Exxon the other day.. Too damn hot for sure.. I'll pm you my number too...Quote:
Originally Posted by marlboroman71818
If you want, buy a decent stock unit and run it without racing it and have the one of several you have built. You may also wanna see about selling your extra cores or trading them into your tranny builder for credit. A good core is worth $150-$200...Quote:
Originally Posted by dallas
a properly built 60e should hold your 5.3, ive been running my built 60e on my 6.0 for a couple of years now,... who is building it for you?
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Originally Posted by ap2002
yep!!! same here :)
on a 450 rwhp 6.0 ;)
Noe.. And I agree, thats why I am going to something else If I am forking out the money again.. I have considered doing it myself. I can buy all the parts, have all of the hard parts cryo treated and put it together.. I have a stock trans that blew 3-4 so I can practice with that until I am confident in building it all by myself. At least that way, since I am doing all my own labor, I might as well learn to build a transmission.Quote:
Originally Posted by ap2002
I've got a FLT lvl 5 60E and I think I'm about at the limit with it. A couple of months ago Allen and I were trying to dial in a boost controller and saw 14 psi a few times before the trans started complaining. After the 6.0L swap, I'm nervous to put the 75 shot on it. Every once in a while it will complain (slipping on hard launches) but it's held so far. I haven't been to the track since the engine swap...I'm putting in an 80e as soon as I can afford it.