Moze buy yourself a beater. I am going to. Just as a spair and for when and if the truck is down.
Moze buy yourself a beater. I am going to. Just as a spair and for when and if the truck is down.
99RCSB Broke because I wasted thousands and thousands of dollars on my truck.
i doubt it,i run high 11's for the last few weeks,12 flats to .2's anytime of the year well for the last couple of months, making 4 to 6 passes a nightOriginally Posted by DamnYankee
my tranny is still as strong as the first time i put it in, maybe low 11's high 10's may be the limit!!!! which i will find out soon enough..
Got the truck dropped off to Trans Pro in Terrell. Very good feeling about these guys. Got there at 5:00 and they were pulling a 70's Camaro, a 70's Z28, and a '55 Chevy into the garage for the night. All-out drag cars, all sounded NICE. They without a doubt know their stuff. They're starting on it Monday - pressure tests and stuff and then go from there. Thanks to Virgil for getting me in touch with them. They asked all the right questions (what gears, how many pounds of boost, what converter, etc) and said they wouldn't replace anything that didn't need it (after I told them we just put $500 worth of parts in it). I think this is going to turn out pretty good.
I miss my truck.
been there done that, seen the most exotic cars pulled out a tranny shop, heard the lines i (we) can build any tranny to hold any HP, just to find out they only built 350's and 400's wtf lol blew there tranny in 1 week!!!! go figure!! not once but twice!! they sold my tranny and refunded me the money!!!
sorry vince i didnt buy my tranny from ya, but i am very aware how your work is done and how much power your builds can hold!!! theyre just plain freaking awesome!!!
Simple: 408 on steroids!
single digits coming soon!
Yeah, maybe. It was fried and had missing parts though.
I don't think this is reflective of something lacking on FLT's part. The internals were cooked because someone bypassed the trans cooler int eh radiator and simply ran it through a very small aftermarket cooler. That cooler wasn't enough - my temps at the track (which also means on the street) were at 270 degrees. Water boils at 212 degrees. My temps NOW with the deeper pan, running through the radiator, and the 40k gvw cooler are a little over 100 degrees.
I wasn't aware of any parts missing?
"Missing" is a loose term to describe leaving out the selective washers to make more room for clutches...which requires thinner clutch plates.
Ah - gotchya. Guess I missed that part.
That was discovered when you girls were out shopping.
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Oh hell....
There is only one selective washer in a 4l60E. The one behind the bearing on the input drum to the stator. Now there are different thickness pressure plates for the forward clutch, reverse input clutch and also for the 3-4 clutch. Also trust me that unit had all the required parts in it for it to work properly with absolutely no missing parts.
Because all the parts were there. Just not ones that a back yard builder see's when building stock units.
Does it work yet? Oh wait I think it went to a trans shop to get repaired! Maybe there are missing parts!
DamnYankee I really wish you would have sent that unit back instead of taking the route you took. I think maybe you can see why now. Good luck. Vince
Goodbye from Vince @ FLT thread.http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/racers...vince-flt.html
FWIW Vince, one of the steels was missing out of a clutch pack. We don't know that maybe someone else had gone through the transmission in the past. Nobody should be pointing any fingers at FLT since we don't know the history of the transmission since it was bought used.
See my truck data in the "My Garage" section here... http://www.ls1truck.com/forums/my-ga...tml#post191709
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