Southern Indiana Club
12-17-2008, 07:18 AM
#3826
I bought a core out of a 91 van and had it gone through by a local guy that has done a lot of transmission work for others "racers" around here.
My biggest mistake was trying to use the transgo stage-3 full manual valve body conversion. Im currently in the process of taking that valve body out and putting a stock one back in it.
My cost break down looks something like this:
4l80 core: $300
TCI Soft Parts kit: $250 (just guessin on that... it was somewhere around there)
TCI Converter: $900-1000
Labor to have it rebuilt: $300
TCI SFI Flexplate: $250
BMR Crossmember: $180
Originally i had paid a couple hundred bucks for the trans go kit, but thats now going in the garbage. It is being replaced by a stock valve body with a 4l60-4l80 conversion harness.
People talk of nightmares of getting these things to fit, but i didn't have to beat on a single thing. Maybe it was because mine was a 91 and the cooler lines were very close... and maybe its because my first go-around didn't have a wiring harness sticking out the side. The only clearance issues i had was the headers hitting the side of the bellhousing... i just cranked them down and went on... but im going to grind them down a bit now that i have the trans back out. It just where the lower dust shield bolts on (im not running the shield anyway).
12-18-2008, 12:51 PM
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Zack, what are you guys doing for New Years...John and Eily and Steph and I are thinking of going to Indy or Louisville go eat and then go out drinking/partying to ring the New Year in...didnt know what you and Rachel had planned
12-20-2008, 09:12 PM
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12-22-2008, 10:10 PM
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https://ls1tech.com/forums/midwest-c...-cam-sale.html
Here is a link of some stuff some of you might be interested in that I have for sale!
Here is a link of some stuff some of you might be interested in that I have for sale!
12-27-2008, 01:18 PM
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I just wish I had the extra $$ to get it done. I hate having a car I put so much in just sit there. Although I do get to drive it around at 30 and under haha.
