4l60e & tards
Originally Posted by spy2520
believe me i'm not hating, i'd just rather stand back and watch, like i do at all the events you guys are at, dont get the wrong idea...you guys seem nice in person, it just seems like an ongoing argument on most forums, especially on EFA, which is why i like to see you make your 9 second passes, and thats it.
you should come by and talk to us next time your up capitol 
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From: Philly
Originally Posted by Happy Camper
That sounds practical. I'm new to the ls world but seems the 60's are always broken.
the 4L60E is a very good automatic. it's by leaps and bounds better than any automatic ford has put in their cars in the past 25 years. it just gets a bad wrap because:
1.) you're on LS1tech where people up their horsepower 100 over stock and don't do anything to help their driveline. why did my stock tranny, stock driveshaft and stock rear break? hmm, i don't know. i wonder why?
2.) they're tricky to built. a lot of builders don't know how to build them. you can't just put better parts in and expect it to be invincible. you need to fix lubrication problems, change springs, upgrade the pump, etc. buy it from a proven builder and they can do very well.
3.) it's a medium duty transmission. it was never designed to run 9's. it CAN do it, but you SHOULD freshen it up every season.
the 4L60E isn't the world's toughest transmission. it was never designed to be. however, it's still stronger and more capable than 9 out of 10 automatics out there. honda can't make an automatic that can hold 300 flywheel horsepower. look at the NSX, detuned because the automatics can't hold their big, bad V6.
Holy crap Steve, You've been a nice guy in person everytime I've seen you and lined up against you (granted this was a while ago), so I'm surprised to see all this trash. This thread is done.
