Who should build my 4L80E
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Who should build my 4L80E I'm thinking of installing a 4L80e in a 4th Gen. f-body. I need help deciding who should build the trans for me. I would like to hear from people who have done this and who built there trans. I want to know who has had a good experience and why. I also want to hear from people who had a bad experience but limit the trash talk cause I don't want the moderators taking this thread down.
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I participate on other forums too and have always seen exceptional praise for Jake's Transmissions, and never a complaint. Jake is also very generous with his knowledge and has thousands of informational posts on perhaps a dozen forums. He not only builds 4L80s as his specialty, but also designs innovative parts and mods to handle extremely high HP units. It is probably not too much of a stretch to say he knows more about 4L80s than all the other builders and GM engineers combined. With all that, his prices seem very modest.
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Yup, Mike is right, since moving into the new place, production speed and efficiency has greatly increased.
I wouldn't feel comfortable putting our stage 2 in a 4 digit car, but that's due more towards the physical limitations of a couple of stock hard parts rather then quality of the build.
We've been majorly catching up on builds which has been nice, here's a Stage III 80e I myself finished today
We also finished a TH350, a Stage 5 TH400 (very high end unit), and a 200-4R. Not too shabby IMO when were also the ones answering the phones and helping with tech questions
I wouldn't feel comfortable putting our stage 2 in a 4 digit car, but that's due more towards the physical limitations of a couple of stock hard parts rather then quality of the build.
We've been majorly catching up on builds which has been nice, here's a Stage III 80e I myself finished today
We also finished a TH350, a Stage 5 TH400 (very high end unit), and a 200-4R. Not too shabby IMO when were also the ones answering the phones and helping with tech questions
If the other trans shops tell you to go to Jakes for a 4L80E that should be enuff said 
When I first got my 4L80E for my 396 LTx build I called Performabuilt & he said go to Jakes since your that close to DFW
When I first got my 4L80E for my 396 LTx build I called Performabuilt & he said go to Jakes since your that close to DFW 
