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Old Sep 13, 2006 | 11:13 PM
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ALright.. I'm coming over to the dark side for sure. I'm scrapping my T56 for a th400. This car will be a "street" car, but I'm trying to get the max potential out of it while keeping it still friendly as possible on the street. Should I get the gear Vendor overdrive?? How would it effect the racing potential of the car? Would it effect street racing? drag? I obviously know it would be better for putting around on the street, but I am concerned it will hurt my racing somehow. The car is a 391 LS2 T88 turbo. Expecting to put down 1000rwhp on race gas. 750-850rwhp on low boost and pump tune.
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I would say no. If you are looking at a TH400 + GV, look at a 4L80E instead.
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Originally Posted by BlackHawk T/A
I would say no. If you are looking at a TH400 + GV, look at a 4L80E instead.
A 4L80E.. I'm thinking won't hold up
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The gv unit is really heavy !
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th400+gv is a different animal than a 4l80e. The gv unit basically turns your 3 speed tranny into a 6 speed. You can use the overdrive in any gear so you could shift like 1-->1od-->2-->2od-->3-->3od. Pretty cool stuff, although like said it's pretty heavy on the wallet as well as the car.
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Originally Posted by FormulaFire
A 4L80E.. I'm thinking won't hold up
I'm thinking it will. Give FLT a call

http://www.finishlinetrans.com/

The blue truck on their front page is running one of their 4L80E's and is in the same power range as you, if not more.
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Originally Posted by BlackHawk T/A
I'm thinking it will. Give FLT a call

http://www.finishlinetrans.com/

The blue truck on their front page is running one of their 4L80E's and is in the same power range as you, if not more.

I really want to go MVB. I got the BS3 w/out tranny control with the plans of getting a RMVB tranny.
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