aklim

I know this is a couple years back but it cost me under 1500 to rebuild my stock tranny to better specs from www.rosslertrans.com at the time. I added an LPE 383 to my firebird and babied it for 6 months and it gave up. The tranny was freshly rebuilt under GM warranty. Got the Rossler trans and it lasted for 3.5 years as a daily driver with me beating on it several times a day, every day. Rossler comes recommended from LPE.

12sec.5.3

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I would have to disagree with both of these statements as my totally stock 4l60 lasted a good 70,xxx miles with close to 500 drag strip passes starting in the mid 15's down to my best in 12.8's. And I drive this truck hard almost every chance I get. It was starting to get weary though as expected so I had it completely rebuilt to a 65 with no regrets. I would only recommend an 80e to someone who has big plans of running quicker than mid 11's. Just my .02.

skinnyVHO

I wasn't trying to tell him to swap to a 80e in a stock truck. I was only stating that for significant horespower a stock 60e isn't going to hold up.

C3JOE

Well, in my C3 Ive gone through two 4l65's in 28'000 miles. Stock other than a westers tune and CORSA sport exhaust (I hate my corsa by the way). The tranny is fried right now. Im gonna purchase the upgrade kit from JAG performance, a bigger cooler, and a Trailblazer converter. Ill see how that works...........

Joe

12sec.5.3

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Sorry if I sounded rude skinny. I was just stating my opinion. I think you either get a good one or a bad one. My first 60 went out at 40,000 bone stock. The second one was a good one, and now I'm on my custom 65.

DakotaKiller5.3

see, i thought, keyword there, that my truck had an lsd cause it USED to boil both of them. not anymore, but that thing is long gone since the eaton unit showed up. yeah, the 4l80e is the one to have. but isnt that thing massive?? with all the mods i have/going to get i was HOPING for maybe 300rwhp. is that even close? the cam is gonna be a comp cams 224/224 something like .563/.563 @.050 lift on 114 lsa. i THINK. not sure on it. is 300 shooting way too high, or close to it?

skinnyVHO

A 65e should handle that much power pretty easily. An 80e would probably be overkill for that kind of power. And yes 80s are heavy trannies. 12sec5.3 no offense taken I was trying to clear up what I had tryed to say previously. I get a little retarded at times and don't explain very well.