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Old 09-20-2004 | 11:57 AM
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Why is it that 4.8's are 4L60 killers? Do they rev a lot more or something?

It is not the 4.8, it is the trans.....they are weak from the factory.
Old 09-20-2004 | 01:10 PM
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That's what I was figuring - all these motors kill '60's.

The way it was worded, I thought there was something different with the 4.8's.
Old 09-20-2004 | 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by marc_w
That's what I was figuring - all these motors kill '60's.

The way it was worded, I thought there was something different with the 4.8's.
Not trying to hijack but why is it that the 4.8's kill the '60's?
Old 09-20-2004 | 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by ohohsilverado
Not trying to hijack but why is it that the 4.8's kill the '60's?
its just the 4l60 is very weak. so weak even a 4.8 with less torque could bust it.
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here is a little list of what i have done:
Magna charger with a 3.25 pulley
ARE Corvette heads ported and polished
224 114lsa comp cam
Extensivly built 4l60e
4.11 gears
and LS1 edit, tuned by Don kinder (slowhawk)
thats the big stuff. Soon there will be a forger lower end on that list.
Old 09-20-2004 | 02:28 PM
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Sweet.

Curious, what size valves did you go with on your vette heads?

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I guess I should rephrase that. What did ARE do about the bore size of your 4.8 matting up to the ls1/6? heads used on a larger bore.
Old 09-20-2004 | 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by LTNKLR01
here is a little list of what i have done:
Magna charger with a 3.25 pulley
ARE Corvette heads ported and polished
224 114lsa comp cam
Extensivly built 4l60e
4.11 gears
and LS1 edit, tuned by Don kinder (slowhawk)
thats the big stuff. Soon there will be a forger lower end on that list.
Are they LS1 or LS6 heads?
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they are ls1's. I really dont know what size they are. i ordered them through tbyrne and some where in the mess of things they lost the specs on them. so the head specs are really unknown. but i am tearin the motor apart soon and am goin to have the heads sent out and flow tested so i will then know what the specs actually are.
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Originally Posted by LTNKLR01
ya if you do the math it is 293.2 or something. gm just rounds it up. just like a "5.7 350" is actually only 347ci.
It would be a round-down,right(for the 293)? That's what the '294' in my name is for...read it as that somewhere...wrongly it seems.
Sorry for being off-subject. Hope it ends up being a good build. Small displacement but some of those Ford guys are getting a lot out of those 4.6s.
Chevy has the largest after-market,by far.
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It would be a round-down,right(for the 293)? That's what the '294' in my name is for...read it as that somewhere...wrongly it seems.
Gen III specs
Check that out Shandy.


Small displacement but some of those Ford guys are getting a lot out of those 4.6s.
Very different motors


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