Second Thoughts On Buyin a Built 4L60E
10-24-2008, 11:20 AM
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My Performabuilt lv2 ran it no problems and I had many low 10sec passes on it and would stack it against any car I ran the tranny for a year and half with NO Issues at all keep in mind.
My car weighs 3600lbs without me in it has all airbags stereo and a 6point cage with factory carpet. I wanted to build a race car so I actually handed down the tranny to my brother and its in his camaro running my old motor. I called FRANK and told him I was building a track car .and Ordered one of there NEW T400 and built a new N20 motor for a 300 to 400 shot of spray.for my car and making it a tracking only car. My brother is still rocking my tranny and smoking people on the street.
Depends what is your goal. I used to drive 80 miles round trip with my performa built to the track with drag radials with a 3500 stall. race half the night drive into town and go to waffle house. very streetable. My new set up not so much streetable 5000 stall rmvb and a 646 lift cam. which will tear the track up. but no so good driving in traffic. Depends on what your goal is man
Here is some passes my car made with the lv2 PERFORMABUILT 4L60E
http://media.putfile.com/john1030 10.36 pass
10.14 pass
My car weighs 3600lbs without me in it has all airbags stereo and a 6point cage with factory carpet. I wanted to build a race car so I actually handed down the tranny to my brother and its in his camaro running my old motor. I called FRANK and told him I was building a track car .and Ordered one of there NEW T400 and built a new N20 motor for a 300 to 400 shot of spray.for my car and making it a tracking only car. My brother is still rocking my tranny and smoking people on the street.
Depends what is your goal. I used to drive 80 miles round trip with my performa built to the track with drag radials with a 3500 stall. race half the night drive into town and go to waffle house. very streetable. My new set up not so much streetable 5000 stall rmvb and a 646 lift cam. which will tear the track up. but no so good driving in traffic. Depends on what your goal is man
Here is some passes my car made with the lv2 PERFORMABUILT 4L60E
http://media.putfile.com/john1030 10.36 pass
10.14 pass
10-24-2008, 08:06 PM
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FLT has a nice trans...
10-24-2008, 10:20 PM
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Oddly that happens at times actually possibly more often than alot of people think since they read on here about failures alot because well , People don't generally make to many post about how there old somethings doing lol usually its when theres a problem and as I said before it can deceive people it believe that the 60e fails alot more often than is true
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12-23-2008, 05:51 PM
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MY stock 4l60e lasted me all summer i dont have any track numbers but i run the hell out of my car its 425 rwhp had some stuff come up and didnt get to finish the tune..... im in the same boat i dont know if i wanna get a th400 or a lvl 5 flt i havent herd a lot about performabuilt but he seems to have a lot of info to give.... I plan on running a 150-200 shot of gas on the car which should take it to 600rwhp id hope with a full tune and some cut outs.... i want somthing that will last me at least two years or so with out having to send it to get refreshed... I only drive about 3k a year is a built 4l60e in my reach or am i just stuck with the th400 idea?????????????
12-23-2008, 05:56 PM
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i would rather go 4l80 because when the 60e fail it generally breaks hard parts which are expensive. an 80e might be heavier and cost a little more hp to run but if it breaks its generally clutches which are cheaper
12-23-2008, 06:17 PM
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an 80 in my car is just way to much to deal with id have to re-wire my harness and buy a new computer where I have a 98 model....I know nothing is forsure anf easy when it comes to going fast but its just a lot of money to throw down on a tranny and not get what i want or think i SHOLD GET out of it.... yanno I just wanna be sure of what im getting into.....
12-23-2008, 09:48 PM
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Well Vince we do have people who claim high nines with the 60e however i dot generally make a point of talking about it since unlike the 10:14 car you mention they have never furnished me with as you say proof other than there word , The point was it can be done. As for the 10.14 car the trans that was in it is now in his brothers car and going strong it was not changed due to any issue it had but rather because he plans to go alot faster than the 10.14 and has changed the car to a primarily strip car and its no longer a daily driver.
lol and of course he wanted the RMVB and Transbrake
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lol and of course he wanted the RMVB and TransbrakeFrank
and it's not gonna take me very much to get there.
12-23-2008, 10:06 PM
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Dont forget about me Frank! I have timeslips posted in the fastest 346 N/A thread for proof. As for nines you will have a 9 sec car in your stable sometime next year make no mistake about that either. My engine compartment is currently unoccupied and it's not gonna take me very much to get there.
and it's not gonna take me very much to get there.
Looking forward to it
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