I bought this converter from a pretty reputable yet smaller company (R&R torque converters) i had a few people refer me to him and his customer service is top notch. I am not doubting the performance of the converter it is just im afraid i will pull the transmission and the converter wont fit because of the added thickness of the plate with the holes for the bolts. What do you guys think just by looking at the pictures? I can take measurements as needed.

 

Wow that's funky lookin!!

That said I think it will fit so long as you have the right flex plate for it. What engine is this going on?

 

Damn that thing is tiny!!!

 

Its going in the 1500hd 6.0l truck in my sig. yeah i know it small, i work for a allison dealer and when i pulled this out the box i thought it was tiny but i didnt know if its because im used to allison stuff or this is just a tiny 9 1/2 converter haha

 

It sounds like you claim to trust this guy, but you really don't. The body of the converter should have been built to account for the adapter plate.

From the picture the snout seems to stick out about the same as a stock one so I am guessing the guys knows his stuff and sold you a good converter.

 

While the converter is probably fine, I wouldn't run it simply because the stacked adapter plate bolted to the 3 welded lugs is all sorts of shady. It doesn't look like the original converter was even meant to go on an 80E (it looks like a 60E converter). There's a lot of stress going to be on those three lugs because of the huge gap.

 

I'm not even worried about that since im probably gonna be pushing more than 400flywheel hp it's just im worried I'm gonna pull the trans out, it not fit and have to install the stock one again. Just don't want to do the same job twice. Thinking about buying a yank and just having this one as a back up

 

Oh, as far as fitment, it looks correct.

 

I think it will fit. It should measure 6.9" from hub to mounting plate. And it will require the 4L80 flexplate with crank spacer. It has the standard GM pilot. That is a 245mm core, probably 3500 range on the flash depending on what internal blade angle and stator they used.

Chris

 

Thanks! I was actually researching to find some numbers for the dimensions of what the converter needs to be. Worst come to worst later on down the road ill be giving you a shout for sure. A friend convinced me on your converters haha kinda late for me though