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    Red, do u have any pics of the new ujoints that will allow the use of ur stock DS to the 4l80 yoke?? Very interested in what ur talkin about!

    Oh, im doin the manual shift kit for my 4l80 in my OBS, the shifts will blow ur mind!
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    It is posted in the previous post, a link to a picture of it on Summitracing.com. http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=PCN%2D447&N=700+1 15&autoview=sku
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    What made you decide to dump the 60E finally? 3-4 go again?
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    Broike something internally. Reverse still works and the clutches seem fine. It broke something in the forward drive about 60' off the starting line. This was after installing the Caltracs and I was running my slicks. The rear chattered a little and BANG! After the blue plates and the 3/4 mod the 3rd gear apply has been nice and solid. I can't complain one bit about that mod.
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    What is the 3/4 mod? Are they different clutch packs or just a servo? What all are you going to be doing to the 80e? Are you just gonna keep it simple with Shift kit, and servos?
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    It's the highest quality 3-4 Blue Plate Special clutches and then you drill a tiny hole in the input drum housing to bleed the oil out from behind the clutches. What happens is that at high RPMs the clutches get the oil slung to the outside of the input drum by centrifugal force and the oil packs in tight and pushes on the clutches creating drag and wear. Eventually the clutches wear out because of this. In the mod a small hole is drilled so that the oil can sling out of the drum. I detailed this in a previous post and posted a pic of the instructions on how to do the mod.

    For now the 80e will be stock. I'll see how it performs and then later I want a 9.5" Vig convertor to reduce the mass.
    Last edited by RedHeartbeat; 11-01-2007 at 09:33 AM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RedHeartbeat View Post
    It's the highest quality 3-4 Blue Plate Special clutches and then you drill a tiny hole in the input drum housing to bleed the oil out from behind the clutches. What happens is that at high RPMs the clutches get the oil slung to the outside of the input drum by centrifugal force and the oil packs in tight and pushes on the clutches creating drag and wear. Eventually the clutches wear out because of this. In the mod a small hole is drilled so that the oil can sling out of the drum. I detailed this in a previous post and posted a pic of the instructions on how to do the mod.

    For now the 80e will be stock. I'll see how it performs and then later I want a 9.5" Vig convertor to reduce the mass.

    Yeah I saw that post about the small mod. That makes sense about drilling a hole to release the oil. Where does the oil go that is bled out?
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    Quote Originally Posted by RedHeartbeat View Post
    Broike something internally. Reverse still works and the clutches seem fine. It broke something in the forward drive about 60' off the starting line. This was after installing the Caltracs and I was running my slicks. The rear chattered a little and BANG! After the blue plates and the 3/4 mod the 3rd gear apply has been nice and solid. I can't complain one bit about that mod.


    Interesting. Well I hope you get a chance to tear it down so I can see what has broken.
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    '80 MB 380SE-5.0 Euro - '85 MB 300SD - '87 MB 300SDL - 1990 MB 300SEL - '91 MB 300SE - '91 MB 560SEL

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    Finished the transmission crossmember up. It turned out pretty good IMO. I don't have to worry about it flexing too much with the angle iron bracing it and making the mount for the 80e. Wiring harness is on it's way. Allen is making these now and selling them for a much better price than anyone else.



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