6L80E shifting options? How to limit max gear?
09-15-2016, 06:53 AM
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6L80E shifting options? How to limit max gear? Hi
I have swapped LS3 and 6L80E to my Impala SS '65. The package came from 2013 camaro and we converted that engine to LS3 with some modifications
I used my original shifter and I don't have paddles on steering wheel
What would be the best way to limit transmission to change gear up? How could that be done in my case? Any ideas? I have that camaros E38 Ecu and also integrated TCM.
I know that the positions in my 6L80E transmission are PPRNDSSS and that camaro had PRNDM on it's shifter. I guess paddles were the only way to control TU and TD on that because shifter did not have that option...
My question is:
How to get that transmission to use only 1-4 gears? or only 1-3 gears? Could it be easily programmed via EfiLive?
I'm asking this because when I burn some rubber the transmission upshifts all the time and it would be nice to limit max gear for example to 3 or 4. It still have enough power to burn with sixth gear but those spinning speeds are quite fast... :/ And if I try to maintain the gear for example at third or fourth gear by slightly lifting gas pedal -> it will upshift right away and thats the end of my burnout
Throw some ideas
I have swapped LS3 and 6L80E to my Impala SS '65. The package came from 2013 camaro and we converted that engine to LS3 with some modifications
I used my original shifter and I don't have paddles on steering wheel
What would be the best way to limit transmission to change gear up? How could that be done in my case? Any ideas? I have that camaros E38 Ecu and also integrated TCM.
I know that the positions in my 6L80E transmission are PPRNDSSS and that camaro had PRNDM on it's shifter. I guess paddles were the only way to control TU and TD on that because shifter did not have that option...
My question is:
How to get that transmission to use only 1-4 gears? or only 1-3 gears? Could it be easily programmed via EfiLive?
I'm asking this because when I burn some rubber the transmission upshifts all the time and it would be nice to limit max gear for example to 3 or 4. It still have enough power to burn with sixth gear but those spinning speeds are quite fast... :/ And if I try to maintain the gear for example at third or fourth gear by slightly lifting gas pedal -> it will upshift right away and thats the end of my burnout
Throw some ideas
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Hi
I have swapped LS3 and 6L80E to my Impala SS '65. The package came from 2013 camaro and we converted that engine to LS3 with some modifications
I used my original shifter and I don't have paddles on steering wheel
What would be the best way to limit transmission to change gear up? How could that be done in my case? Any ideas? I have that camaros E38 Ecu and also integrated TCM.
I know that the positions in my 6L80E transmission are PPRNDSSS and that camaro had PRNDM on it's shifter. I guess paddles were the only way to control TU and TD on that because shifter did not have that option...
My question is:
How to get that transmission to use only 1-4 gears? or only 1-3 gears? Could it be easily programmed via EfiLive?
I'm asking this because when I burn some rubber the transmission upshifts all the time and it would be nice to limit max gear for example to 3 or 4. It still have enough power to burn with sixth gear but those spinning speeds are quite fast... :/ And if I try to maintain the gear for example at third or fourth gear by slightly lifting gas pedal -> it will upshift right away and thats the end of my burnout
Throw some ideas
I have swapped LS3 and 6L80E to my Impala SS '65. The package came from 2013 camaro and we converted that engine to LS3 with some modifications
I used my original shifter and I don't have paddles on steering wheel
What would be the best way to limit transmission to change gear up? How could that be done in my case? Any ideas? I have that camaros E38 Ecu and also integrated TCM.
I know that the positions in my 6L80E transmission are PPRNDSSS and that camaro had PRNDM on it's shifter. I guess paddles were the only way to control TU and TD on that because shifter did not have that option...
My question is:
How to get that transmission to use only 1-4 gears? or only 1-3 gears? Could it be easily programmed via EfiLive?
I'm asking this because when I burn some rubber the transmission upshifts all the time and it would be nice to limit max gear for example to 3 or 4. It still have enough power to burn with sixth gear but those spinning speeds are quite fast... :/ And if I try to maintain the gear for example at third or fourth gear by slightly lifting gas pedal -> it will upshift right away and thats the end of my burnout
Throw some ideas
Now the best advice I can give you is to go to Speartech's website (They are one of the Supporting Vendor for this site), they did a lot of pioneering work on adapting/swapping 6L80E trans into cars/trucks back when trans was first released. He had/has a video of temporary 2 pos switch he wired in to TU?TD truck he used as a test mule.
They also sale a shifter that might work, along with a gear indicator that will keep you advised of what gear you have TU/TD into. Believe me that's a problem if you are going to serious use function, but maybe not so much for burnouts which I strongly advise against as trans is not all that strong an your car is no lightweight one, and rebuilds are not cheap even in the US...LOL