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Old Jun 22, 2011 | 10:49 PM
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So Im putting a Lq9 into my camaro and Im wondering which trans will work best? Will my 4l60 hold up or should I go with the 4l80?
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I personally would go with a 4l80
you can get a basic 4l80, and not have to do anything special done to it, and it will hold up better than a built 4l60.

Just make sure you have your PCM programmed to be able to use the 4l80...
takes a file swap to one with a 4l80e trans segment, and then a couple of pins in the pcm need to be changed...nothing hard to do, just takes some reading and some time to do it correctly.
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Old Jun 23, 2011 | 05:59 AM
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Thx. so the 4l60 wont work at all? and If the Pcm came with the motor would it still have to be changed since its programmed to work with a heavy Escalade?
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Thx. so the 4l60 wont work at all? and If the Pcm came with the motor would it still have to be changed since its programmed to work with a heavy Escalade?
I dont know which pcm you have, and dont know if it originally had a 4l60 or a 4l80
when you said its going in a camaro... I assumed you were using your stock pcm which you can easily put in an a4 file for a 4l60
with a switch of the trans segmnent and a few pins at the pcm your stock ls1 pcm can use a 4l80

a 4l80 with a simple stage 2 shift kit will hold up better than a built 4l60 will...and will cost less than a built 4l60 as well...
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The Camaro was/is currently is a v6 so I was planning to put a warren PCM (Ls1) in. I believe the v6's came with a 4l60 trans.
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What year V6? And I'm nearly 100% sure V6s did not come with the 4l60E. When I did my engine swap and saw my V6 tranny next the 4L60E, it looked like the 4L60E was going to eat it for an appetizer.
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