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Old Sep 28, 2007 | 08:33 PM
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2 months with no abuse after the 408 went in.
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Old Sep 29, 2007 | 08:09 PM
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my 4l60e just went out last night. 148K miles. Now i dont know if i want to rebuild, or go with a TH350
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Old Sep 30, 2007 | 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by darrensls1
LOL. That could happen with TM still in place. 4th gear is a luxury OD and the transmission was never intended to reach it under WOT. TM or no TM the 4L60E transmission was not designed to handle too many 3-4 WOT shifts. I've heard of people frying the 4L60E after one OD WOT shift with TM still active.

Besides the 3-4 shift happens at 142 MPH with 3.23 gears and with 2.73's you'd hit the speed governor before you could hit 4th. Anyone who consistently reaches 4th gear at WOT needs to have thier license suspended and sanity checked.
i'll agree with you on all of the above except for the license suspension.

i had my a4 rebuilt with a zpak, upped the torque reduction percentage on the 3-4 and removed the speed limiter.

what would you say about someone who intends to unload 100 shot nitrous in 4th at wot?
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Old Sep 30, 2007 | 02:39 PM
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Mine is still holding well and its on 97,xxx mile mark. I'm LS6 intake/pulley away from full bolt ons. I gotta feeling once I put a heads/cam its going to crap.
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Old Apr 19, 2011 | 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by BobDoLe
after about 20 WOT 3-4 shifts with torque management removed, it will die.
that was at 58k miles.

had my 4L60E rebuilt by a local reputable shop (which has since gone out of business) with some upgraded parts. it ran great. i had a 3600 stall and sprayed 150 shot of nitrous. hell i sprayed it in 4th too.

now 3.5 years and about 46k miles later my "built" 4L60E finally gave out while a reputable tuner was making some final adjustments on the street (for heads/cam/headers).

i put in an order for a level 2 tranny from xtreme performance with their billet converter. with their billet converter, warranty is 2 year unlimited mileage. i'm crossing my fingers that i won't have to revive this thread ever again.
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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 01:51 AM
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my 89 IROC 700r went out at about 100k........my 2000 bird is still going strong at 160k
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