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Refresh Rock-On Stage IV 4L60E
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Rock-On 4L80E (stage?)
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Built 6L80 (6-speed auto in new vette)
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Old May 25, 2006 | 04:42 AM
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for my 402 buildup, there are 3 options i'm considering right now. Please dont' pop in here and say TH400 or something, as i'm not considering it....yet.

1. refresh stage IV rock-on 4L60E

2. rock-on 4L80E

3. built 6L80....still in experimental stage, hopefully make production by the time the motor swap comes along.

what do you guys think? AND PLEASE SAY WHY.

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Old May 25, 2006 | 12:44 PM
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Out of those three, I would go with the 4L80E
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Old May 25, 2006 | 11:21 PM
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i went to a seminar on the 6l80e there is alot that is goign to have to be figured out before a f-body can run one. such things as it has its own internal computer that requires it to interface with two other computers on the car which we dont have, and it requires the use of several sensors we dont have like a throttle pedal postion sensor.
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Old May 26, 2006 | 12:33 AM
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i went with a FLP stage 4
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Old May 26, 2006 | 12:36 AM
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I would go with the 60E and pray hard.
According to HOT ROD magazine (I know.....) it takes 5 to 6 thousand dollars to get a an 80E to stand up to 700 to 800 horsepower.
for a fraction of that you could get a TH400 with a gear vendors OD and it would be bulletproof.

Overdrive and reliability is the point here right?
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Old May 26, 2006 | 01:02 AM
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as for the 80,.....maybe i was thinking of the 65 . now i can't remember
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Old May 27, 2006 | 04:16 PM
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I wouldn't do any of those unless you're wanting to spend a lot of money to go all-out racing. For a street-n-strip car, I went with the FLP 4L65E .... the level 5. FLP or FLT ... Chuck builds for both and owns the latter. It's about $500 more than the Level 4, but, well worth it.
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Old Dec 26, 2006 | 03:23 AM
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Originally Posted by GoFast908Z
as for the 80,.....maybe i was thinking of the 65 . now i can't remember
From what I read, the 80E is not a direct bolt in. It's a bigger trans. so it takes a BFH mod and few other "adjustments".

I'm going to have my 60E upgraded to the 65E (approx. 5 major internal upgrades) when I have it rebuilt ... along with all the other upgrades that are available.
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Old Dec 26, 2006 | 08:40 AM
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well now i have my Performance Built 4L60E and so far I'm very happy with it. Screw Rock-On. They screwed me over.
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FLP/FLT. If I ever need anything more than a stock trans, I'll be going back to those guys. No one else. Period. They built an amazing trans for my WS6.
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Old Dec 27, 2006 | 09:01 PM
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Well I think we one this one and were not even on the list he bought ours
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Old Feb 13, 2007 | 11:32 PM
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strange this poll resurfaced but unless you can afford the 6 speed which is cool I would not look at any of the others shown , and goto www.performabuilt.com
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Old Feb 16, 2007 | 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by GoFast908Z
well now i have my Performance Built 4L60E and so far I'm very happy with it. Screw Rock-On. They screwed me over.
Your not the first I heard of that Rock-On let down.
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Originally Posted by performabuilt
strange this poll resurfaced but unless you can afford the 6 speed which is cool I would not look at any of the others shown , and goto www.performabuilt.com
Why would you not look at the 4L80e?
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Mostly expense and the effort involved in the swap , As for the six speed well if you want a manual they ae cool but I will say rom looking at the manula trans forums they to have there share of problems and I would not say its a fix either just a diffeent avenue of preference.
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