How Much Do You Have I Your 4L80e Swap
#22
TECH Fanatic
No lockup issues whatsoever. Tune like you would a 60E except less line pressure...a soggy shift in a 60E is equivalent to breaking the u-joint on an 80E.
#23
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Craigslist 85e $500
Circle D, flywheel, shipping $1060
Transgo $120
fluid $30
filter $10
cooler brackets $75
cooler $100
Hptuners (had it from my vette) ~free
metal and paint to extend crossmember $20
driveshafts shortened and lengthened, new joints $150
VSS connector, wires, and PCM pins $20
repin trans connector free
inspection cover $78 (85e 8.1L cover would not work)
sold 60e on craigslist (perfectly good trans) -$350
Total: $1813 and that's if you have HPT and already have a license for your truck/ don't need to buy credits.
For the harness, just buy a few PCM pins off ebay, a blank VSS connector w/ pins, and then use some wire to wire in the 80e VSS to the PCM. Or you could also buy the Speartech harness...
I'd be surprised if any shop that wasn't your cousin's/ best friend's/ etc charged anything under $1000 to do the swap. It's a lot of work.
Circle D, flywheel, shipping $1060
Transgo $120
fluid $30
filter $10
cooler brackets $75
cooler $100
Hptuners (had it from my vette) ~free
metal and paint to extend crossmember $20
driveshafts shortened and lengthened, new joints $150
VSS connector, wires, and PCM pins $20
repin trans connector free
inspection cover $78 (85e 8.1L cover would not work)
sold 60e on craigslist (perfectly good trans) -$350
Total: $1813 and that's if you have HPT and already have a license for your truck/ don't need to buy credits.
For the harness, just buy a few PCM pins off ebay, a blank VSS connector w/ pins, and then use some wire to wire in the 80e VSS to the PCM. Or you could also buy the Speartech harness...
I'd be surprised if any shop that wasn't your cousin's/ best friend's/ etc charged anything under $1000 to do the swap. It's a lot of work.
#26
hi guys ive read all you've said im becoming interested in doing this in my 02 4wd Tahoe, I understand a lot of what ive read but im still lost on adapting a 80 trans to a 60 transfer case could some one shed some light on this or direct me in the right direction thanks
#27
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hi guys ive read all you've said im becoming interested in doing this in my 02 4wd Tahoe, I understand a lot of what ive read but im still lost on adapting a 80 trans to a 60 transfer case could some one shed some light on this or direct me in the right direction thanks
#29
TECH Senior Member
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That was my thought, especially if you can find a donor vehicle with both already, does make more sense.... Last i checked only difference between the np261ld and np261hd/xhd is the input shaft for the 4l80/85 np246 maybe different.... Not something ive looked into....
#30
thanks I was looking at the necessary parts to adapt the 80 to my tcase and when I looked at the tag to identify it its a np246? but it said it could have either a 27 spline or a 32 spline however the site did not identify how to know which input shaft it has, anyone have any thoughts on this thanks, also does anyone know what the electronic shift hd tcase number would be and how compatible it is thanks