wanting to do the th400 swap and toss this 60e, shes tired and defienatly wont hold up to the new motor. curious as to what all im gonna need/need to do to make this swap go smoothly. truck is a 2000 sierra 5.3 4x4
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wanting to do the th400 swap and toss this 60e, shes tired and defienatly wont hold up to the new motor. curious as to what all im gonna need/need to do to make this swap go smoothly. truck is a 2000 sierra 5.3 4x4
Well a few questions need to be answered. Do you want to swap to a floor shifter or keep the stock column shifter? Are you wanting to keep 4x4?
Doing this swap Saturday myself.
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Originally Posted by kerrige
i would preffer to keep both column shifter as well as 4x4, as we have ocasionally have pretty snowing winters here
nice gonna do a log on it? id like to check it outQuote:
Originally Posted by jansen
That may be difficult trying to adapt the 60e transfer case to the th400Quote:
Originally Posted by boosted1
Hasn't been done far as I know.Quote:
Originally Posted by o2camaross
Flywheel,shifter,shaft,mount,dipstick
I have done this swap on my 08' but I don't know how I can get my speedo to work :/
certain Th400's came with electric vss sensors. And they make 40tooth reluctor rings for the output shafts, found mine on ebay. Mine works perfectly
Yea I think mine has all that built in already ... Just what wires go to it lol ?I no longer have a tcm of course and engine is stand alone harnessQuote:
Originally Posted by o2camaross
We out a new one in my brothers not to long ago, it was just two wires. He's sh!t is waaay off tho.
Bradys was still mechanical before we added the sensor. Greg at phx transmission who built the saab's trans and stall gave me the sensor for free one day when i just asked him about it.
Just may do it if it'll help ya out. Mine is full manual vb and 2wd.Quote:
Originally Posted by boosted1
Zack was your truck 60e stock? If so just hook the 2300 vSS wires up to it
Yea it had a 60e I don't even think it has them wiresQuote:
Originally Posted by o2camaross
hmmm... maybe ill just have to go the 80e route... im not trying to have to change the T case too.. as obvi the 80e swap is pretty straight forward. and really not trying to have the truck down any longer than absolute nessecary. thanks for the input guys!
I think an 80e will be the most straight forward and if built and tuned correctly will hold a lot of power. I feel like the TH400 is a little bit of a fad right now. There is absolutely no doubt that the built TH400 is a stout trans, but overdrive is nice for daily driving and GVs aren't cheap. You could also go against the grain and get Kenny to build you a strong 60e. His are proven behind some very powerful trucks. Chevrolade, o2camaross and Jansen are some crazy power hungry fellas(Good thing) so they are going the route they have seen proven by the fastest LS powered street truck in the world. From what I know of yours build a very well built 60e/80e is the way to go.
Reason I went with the 400 is because there's a ton of people that know how to work on them, there pretty simple to work on, strong, no electronics, cheap to build, and there's a ton of aftermarket parts for them. I'm not to worried about overdrive since its not my daily. I would suggest a built 60 or 80e.
my goal is about 650hp for now.. id love to do a 60e, but jsut hesitant to drop that kinda cash, then end up smoking it. being a 4x4 and all. also any thing id need to do as far as my T case goes?. Ive never heard of "kenny" altho i am interested in in hearing more about him/his trannys..Quote:
Originally Posted by kerrige
is reason i was contiplating this swapQuote:
Originally Posted by jansen
Lq9_z71 he's got a 60 behind an awd high HP ls. He's your man if your serious about a tranny.Quote:
Originally Posted by boosted1
High HP might be an understatement :lol: he has built a ton of very strong transmissions for guys on this site like 30 or so if I remember right. Everyone seems to love his work and I plan on getting mine from him as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by jansen
cool ill get in touch with him soon then.Quote:
Originally Posted by kerrige