How Much Do You Have I Your 4L80e Swap
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How Much Do You Have I Your 4L80e Swap
I asked a local performance shop about doing a 4l80e swap. They quoted me $1340 for labor and tuning, not including parts. I am assuming the parts cost to be a couple hundred considering cooler lines, slip yoke, u joint, conversion harness, and crossmember. Getting to my real question, by the time I buy a transmission (for example: RPM transmission), a converter, and have it installed, it is probably going to be over 6 grand. Is this worth it? Are there cheaper options?
I am wanting to turn up the boost on the truck but don't want to do it without a drivetrain to hold it. At this point, I am installing a truetrac and will be doing wheel/tire upgrades to increase traction and am afraid my stock 4l60e won't be up for the job very soon.
I am capable of doing the swap myself but sometimes like to drive my truck more than I like to work on it.
I am wanting to turn up the boost on the truck but don't want to do it without a drivetrain to hold it. At this point, I am installing a truetrac and will be doing wheel/tire upgrades to increase traction and am afraid my stock 4l60e won't be up for the job very soon.
I am capable of doing the swap myself but sometimes like to drive my truck more than I like to work on it.
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Did you get a fancy rebuilt trans?
Does the frost harness remove the need for tuning like I'm doing with hptuners?
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I have HPtuners. Is it complicated doing the segment swap? Can I simply upload a tune from a 4L80e truck and copy over my engine tune?
If I pick up a stock take out 80e and put a stall in it, can I expect it to live (reasonably) at 500 HP? Then build the transmission down the road?
Thanks for the help so far.
If I pick up a stock take out 80e and put a stall in it, can I expect it to live (reasonably) at 500 HP? Then build the transmission down the road?
Thanks for the help so far.
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I was into mine about $1200, 100k junkyard pull with a 6 month warranty, using a factory B82 converter and cooler setup from Ebay. Have since added a deep aluminum pan and Transo HD2. Only labor I out sourced was to shorten and balance the driveshaft with a new yoke and Spicer solid U-joints.