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Why? Your driveshafts are splined to your transfer case... nothing to do with the trans. Length wise yes but that's easy for any driveshaft shop.

 

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Yeah that's what I figured since the 80 is longer. So far my 60 has held up, not sure what I'll do when it goes. But if a 4l80 isn't too bad to swap in I'd consider it...

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Its been done so many times you can get the parts you need all over the net now. You can even get plug and play harnesses so you don't have have to segment swap the tune or do the old reverse polarity with a relay trick. Its nowhere as easy as swapping in another 60e... that's monkey work. But its a do it once and never worry again type of thing for most people anyway.

 

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LongrangeLauber Senior Enthusiast

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I'll look into it more. I'm assuming a stock 80 would be suitable for my needs?

 

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Badass69 Senior Enthusiast

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Yep. Add an hd2 shuft kit if you want to but otherwise the stockers are very durable. A better torque converter is a wise investment though. The stock one is such a pig.

 

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Yep. Add an hd2 shuft kit if you want to but otherwise the stockers are very durable. A better torque converter is a wise investment though. The stock one is such a pig.

 

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You talking bout the stall for the converter or just the stock converter in general?

 

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Stock converter in general. Its just heavy and very inefficient. It stalls to around 2600 rpm in my trucks but in no way does anything for acceleration

 

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SarahsGMC Senior Enthusiast

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Going out to fix my ground wire to my amp damn thing came undone

 

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Stock converter in general. Its just heavy and very inefficient. It stalls to around 2600 rpm in my trucks but in no way does anything for acceleration

 

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What stall you recommend? And what company? Don't do any racing but I tow once in a while

 

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Honestly for most guys 2600-2800 is just fine. I personally like a little more but then the cam and heads dictate that. If the engine is stock mostly less than 3000 will be nice. Converters aren't all equal though. A loose 3000 will drive worse than a tight 3500. Yank, PI, and Circle D all make nice stuff.

 

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SarahsGMC Senior Enthusiast

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Well never mind its too damn cold to use my tools can't stand anything around here anymore

 

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LongrangeLauber Senior Enthusiast

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Well never mind its too damn cold to use my tools can't stand anything around here anymore

 

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At least your tranny hasn't gone out 4 times in about 2 years...

 

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You guys talking about replacing the truck under 100k... Come on its not even broke in yetsent from my truck in a field

I think they are skeered. 50's mentality that its hits 100k and then blow up. Airbagsbknock out their kids, wheels fly off at highway speed, and the odometer shorts out like a Y2K bug.

 

I had a BMW with 268K miles. I ain't skeered. I'll save the money for a Vette.

 

Also, my redneck lingo is done for the day.

 

But seriously, Ryan might have a heart attack before his truck hits 85. Looks how long it took him to put 40k on it. The stress will get to him long before then.

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