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Feb 21, 2005 | 03:42 PM

Hennytime

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tranny life question

hey, i've got a a4 02 z28 and was wondering how much power can the stock tranny and rear end handle. i plan to get a sts turbo kit in the near future, and will the stock tranny be up to handling the power?

Feb 21, 2005 | 05:54 PM

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bumpy, souldnt find it on the searches

Feb 21, 2005 | 05:57 PM

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It will probably hold up for a little while but I wouldn't count on it being too long before your going to need to rebuild or replace it. Congrats on the STS kit by the way.

Feb 21, 2005 | 07:27 PM

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It will probably hold up for a little while but I wouldn't count on it being too long before your going to need to rebuild or replace it. Congrats on the STS kit by the way.

oh i havent gotten it yet, but maybe in a year, i need to see how the governement treats me as a college student making 8g's/year independently

Feb 21, 2005 | 07:53 PM

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Tranny = 400 FWHP
Rearend = barrowed time at 300 FWHP

just my .02

Feb 21, 2005 | 09:04 PM

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bumpy, souldnt find it on the searches

That is hard to believe considering this same question gets posted almost every day it seems.

To answer your question...it really depends on a lot of things. A lighter weight car and one that is properly tuned will last longer. As far as how much power it can handle...not really the factor as much it seems. I see many on here that have their stock trans go out with a couple bolt-ons installed and then there are some that are pushing much more HP that are still running the stocker. Either way it will eventually go out no matter what. Its just a matter of time, as with the stock rear.

Feb 21, 2005 | 09:58 PM

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It's hard to get a straight answer on the big question of "what can a 4L60-E take?" You'll hear everything from 350HP to 700HP from dozens of different people.

While trying not to offend the many vendors that make this site possible, the ONLY thing I can tell you that the 4L60-E is a LIGHT DUTY transmission. Period.