Forged & Turbo Daily Driver
Not many people are willing to spend the money to build a 4L60 that will handle decent power and by decent I don't mean running 11's. Throw 800+whp at a 4L60 and it doesn't last long at all.
Ya if I was stuck driving an auto with a low rev limit I may as well get out and walk... be about as much fun.
Ya if I was stuck driving an auto with a low rev limit I may as well get out and walk... be about as much fun.
Shenanigans. Beating on a car on the street and the track for years, with a stock 4L60E, drag radials, and >500WHP proves it is capable of surviving and still having fun. Yes 11's is slow....but not all cars are setup for the track or care to be setup for the track. Walk if you want I'll be driving
Considering people break them with Bolton's I would say drag radials and 500+whp isn't exactly being kind to it. Maybe people just severely underestimate them...then again there's alot of blown ones so there's something there. Rpm isn't the only way to break one.
With the cubic dollars it takes though you can have a 400 that'll withstand 2000hp. Not trying to add fuel to the fire but thankfully the trans tunnel in these cars doesn't need to be butchered for whatever option you choose.
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I would be completely at ease with pulling my 400, changing nothing but the forward drum, and put it behind ANYTHING I could ever afford to put in front of it. I have the utmost faith in the 400. And id only have about $1300 in the entire transmission.
Stock axles will go 9’s a couple times then the splines start to twist. Driveshaft is trouble, people either blow the carrier bearing or twist the actual tube. So yes both are things to keep in mind when trying to get power to hookup in 4k lb cars.
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