4L60e Shifter question? [road course]
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Teching In
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From: Jacksonville, FL
4L60e Shifter question? [road course] Does any one make a decent shift kit for the 4l60e thats ideal for bangin up and down gears. I planned on doing some road course and some drag racing from time to time. The car will have 550 to 600hp it is street driven. and what build up should i do for the tranny? Iv'e considered the 4L65 upgrade to my 4L60 or should I try to get a 4L80. I really wanted a T56 but just dont want to deal with all the head ache of swapping everything and all the wiring issues. Thanks in advance for any advice!
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An 80e would be your best bet. It can take that sort of punishment with mild upgrades. A 60e would need input and output shafts, 5 pin planets and a beefed up input drum. But thats no biggie, we build those often.
The thing you'll run into on a road course with an automatic is heat. An automatic will generate gobs and gobs of heat over sevral laps. You'll need a killer tranny cooling system in order to keep from overheating the tranny. Mainly because you are never going into lock-up and it pretty much stays on the stator.
Give me a shout if i can help out!
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The thing you'll run into on a road course with an automatic is heat. An automatic will generate gobs and gobs of heat over sevral laps. You'll need a killer tranny cooling system in order to keep from overheating the tranny. Mainly because you are never going into lock-up and it pretty much stays on the stator.
Give me a shout if i can help out!
g
I think that if you got the shift tables set up right
you would not find a need to hand-shift it. You just
need it to fit your foot. That takes some time but it's
well worth the effort.
you would not find a need to hand-shift it. You just
need it to fit your foot. That takes some time but it's
well worth the effort.
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Teching In
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 14
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From: Jacksonville, FL
An 80e would be your best bet. It can take that sort of punishment with mild upgrades. A 60e would need input and output shafts, 5 pin planets and a beefed up input drum. But thats no biggie, we build those often.
The thing you'll run into on a road course with an automatic is heat. An automatic will generate gobs and gobs of heat over sevral laps. You'll need a killer tranny cooling system in order to keep from overheating the tranny. Mainly because you are never going into lock-up and it pretty much stays on the stator.
Give me a shout if i can help out!
g
The thing you'll run into on a road course with an automatic is heat. An automatic will generate gobs and gobs of heat over sevral laps. You'll need a killer tranny cooling system in order to keep from overheating the tranny. Mainly because you are never going into lock-up and it pretty much stays on the stator.
Give me a shout if i can help out!
g
