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Old 08-30-2006, 03:13 AM
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I have a 4L60E and i was wondering just how much horse they really can handle. My freind said he read somewhere that they would only handle to about 400hp. Is this true?
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it all depends, some are factory fraks other are crap, kind of along the same line as the 10 bolt they gave us, those bastards
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Stock 4l60e 350 to 400 hp on a good day ,
they can however be built to handle 700 plus hp I have seen built one with the right parts dyno 680 rwhp and never miss a lick .Trick is simple knowing what you can and cant do, excessive preasure bad , Volume good,blocked accumulators bad, More frictions good , larger servos good , wide bands good ,
Most just try and raise the line as high as they can but that may keep clutches from slipping but it breaks hard parts
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not so much power....as heat, wear, and rpms...




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