My car keeps eating a4's should convert to m6?
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My car keeps eating a4's should convert to m6?
I'm weighing my options here. I'm about to be on my 9th 4l60e that has "bulletproof" internals. It won't stop burning clutches and I'm about to give up on it.
I'm looking into a different transmission altogether. Possibly a 4l80-E or a m6 t-56.
I would be surprised if I were making more than 430 hp with my set up at the flywheel. What would be my best option in terms of price and ease of conversion?
Thanks guy!
I'm looking into a different transmission altogether. Possibly a 4l80-E or a m6 t-56.
I would be surprised if I were making more than 430 hp with my set up at the flywheel. What would be my best option in terms of price and ease of conversion?
Thanks guy!
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This is a cut and paste from another post I made in the A4 section with details on the issues i've had. Its currently being torn apart again to see what they can find, but I'm thinking while i drive it on this build i need to save up for a conversion.
So around 170k miles on a stock engine my trans went. Flare shifting
1. Stock rebuild from a local guy - lasted a month Flare shifting
2. Stock rebuild from same guy - lasted a month Flare shifting
3. Shift kit, trans cooler, and rebuild from same guy - 3 weeks - Broken sprag
Car now has bolt ons... exhaust, Cai, and gears
4. Replaced sprag and rebuilt from same guy - 5 weeks - Broken sprag
5. Vacuum modulator kit, new servo, new sprag, new bands from the same guy - 2 weeks Flare shifting
All of those were pretty much cost of parts so I kept going to him till the 4th one went.
6. New transmission shop - Everything back to stock to get a baseline - 2 months - flare shifting
7. Same trans shop - vacuum modulator kit stock rebuild - broken sprag in 3 weeks
8. Same shop (at this point hes adding aftermarket stuff and refusing to charge me) - New everything, case and all, Borg Warner "dual cage" 29 element sprag, RED LINED Alto "wide" band, Fairbanks billet 2nd servo and Sonnax "dual piston" 4th servo, Raybestos "Z-Pack", modded trans go kit. (probably forgetting things) -
about 1k on this trans I add all mods in Sig.
lasts 7k and 3 years.
Last edited by Critt3r; 10-27-2015 at 03:11 PM.
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Find somebody to build the transmission that knows what they are doing. My first advice would be to give Jeremy @ RPM transmissions a call as they can definitely build the transmission for what you are doing with the car.
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Rpm transmission has always been good to everyone I know who went with them. Not sure if they are a sponsor here or not but if you google "rpm transmissions" they will come up pretty fast.
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Give me a call tomorrow. I would he happy to help you out.
At your power level and the limited driving that you said you to leads me to believe the builder isn't familiar with the 4L60e or he is overlooking an internal problem with the transmission. We ship 10-15 4L60e transmissions a week out of here. We have 3 full time auto builders that are all extremely knowledgeable in performance 4L60es and run them in their own vehicles. I know we can get you in a trans that will last.
At your power level and the limited driving that you said you to leads me to believe the builder isn't familiar with the 4L60e or he is overlooking an internal problem with the transmission. We ship 10-15 4L60e transmissions a week out of here. We have 3 full time auto builders that are all extremely knowledgeable in performance 4L60es and run them in their own vehicles. I know we can get you in a trans that will last.
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Ive gotta hand it to you... your a patient guy to go through 9 rebuilds before giving up but having owned both a4 &m6 an m6 can bring its own set of issues , maybe try giving a prominent 4l60 builder take a crack at it before throwing in the towel - whats 1 more time to a guy like you !
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Give me a call tomorrow. I would he happy to help you out.
At your power level and the limited driving that you said you to leads me to believe the builder isn't familiar with the 4L60e or he is overlooking an internal problem with the transmission. We ship 10-15 4L60e transmissions a week out of here. We have 3 full time auto builders that are all extremely knowledgeable in performance 4L60es and run them in their own vehicles. I know we can get you in a trans that will last.
At your power level and the limited driving that you said you to leads me to believe the builder isn't familiar with the 4L60e or he is overlooking an internal problem with the transmission. We ship 10-15 4L60e transmissions a week out of here. We have 3 full time auto builders that are all extremely knowledgeable in performance 4L60es and run them in their own vehicles. I know we can get you in a trans that will last.
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813.986.9302
Find a Quality alignment shop near you!