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Old 03-06-2013, 11:00 PM
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Is anybody running a reverse manual valve body setup in their 4l80e with compression braking? I have a 4wd 4l80e that I am putting in my Bronco for rock crawling. It will be behind a turbo'd LS2. The 4l80e will be mated to a 203/205 doubler setup. I've read about people using them but I haven't seen the brands of valve bodies. Does anybody have any info?
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Anybody?
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Nobody makes a reverse manual with engine braking for a 4L80E.

One company makes a reverse pattern and it has issues from what I've seen/heard.
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Well that sucks. lol. Any chance you guys at Jake's Performance could make a few? I know there are a few 4x4 guys that are interested.
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Originally Posted by firedog90
Any chance you guys at Jake's Performance could make a few? I know there are a few 4x4 guys that are interested.

Probably more than a few...I saw your post over on "that other board" firedog...followed you over because I'm interested also.
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For offroad use so reverse is close to low?

I make a TH400 valve body that does that.

I can look at the 4L80E and probably design something if enough people are interested in it. It's a somewhat long process to do by the time I get the design done, tested, and parts made.
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OK,
Looked it over for a bit. I can do it.

I need a minimum of 10 orders to cover my initial run costs at $400 a valve body. I won't require payment up front but I will require a credit card number on file.
If 5 guys want to do it, it'll cost double, 20 guys and I will run them at a reduced price.
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OK,
Looked it over for a bit. I can do it.

I need a minimum of 10 orders to cover my initial run costs at $400 a valve body. I won't require payment up front but I will require a credit card number on file.
If 5 guys want to do it, it'll cost double, 20 guys and I will run them at a reduced price.
Okay I will put this on pirate4x4 and see how many I can get. Thank you Jake's Performance.
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Well that kind of fell through on pirate. Guys started whining about group buy bullshit. ****** crybabies. I don't know what else to do at this point. All I need is a valve body. Any ideas? Jakes, have any others off of pirate contacted you?
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It's pretty simple,
I was trying to spread costs across enough pieces to make it reasonably priced.
I don't care for the whole group buy deal either, seems like a massive PITA.

If I'm going to dedicate the time (that I currently don't have due to our backlog) to prototype, test, and make an initial run of parts to do this custom VB, I want to be sure there are at least 10 customers willing to buy it.
I don't need their money up front, but I want to be sure that I can cover costs when I am done with the project. I have plenty of my own projects (transmission parts and personal hot rods) that I would rather work on and fund.
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What ever happened with this. Anything?
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I am working on a billet valve body for the 4L80E. We have in house CNC capability now.
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Originally Posted by jakeshoe
I am working on a billet valve body for the 4L80E. We have in house CNC capability now.
In for details if/ when you can give them and how it would work with one of your previously bought transmissions 👍
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I don't need anything that fancy, just who the hell currently makes a reverse shift valve body?
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Tci. Makes one with a trans brake and one without. Both are reverse pattern.
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Originally Posted by Jake's Performance
It's pretty simple,
I was trying to spread costs across enough pieces to make it reasonably priced.
I don't care for the whole group buy deal either, seems like a massive PITA.

If I'm going to dedicate the time (that I currently don't have due to our backlog) to prototype, test, and make an initial run of parts to do this custom VB, I want to be sure there are at least 10 customers willing to buy it.
I don't need their money up front, but I want to be sure that I can cover costs when I am done with the project. I have plenty of my own projects (transmission parts and personal hot rods) that I would rather work on and fund.
What ever happened to this idea. Did you ever make a reverse valve body with engine breaking for the 4l80e? I do not want a Trans brake. A lot of guys in the off road world would be interested.



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