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9 hours ago, Gavin Faulkner said:

Thank you!

So currently I just got a new stock trans, which they installed and was broken out of the factory.. Which is bad because that was the last 6L80e in the state so i was looking at the Supermatic 6L80e. I can currently only find it for LS motors, i am not sure what would need to be changed to pair it with GEN V LT. Or if there are better options, but that seemed good for my price range and considering we are close with the GM parts dealer in our town. I would appreciate any help

I don’t know too much about trans. But I believe the older 6L80E will not be able to communicate with our generation 6L80…. Totally different. If you still have the original core, I would just send it out and get it built.  

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On 12/5/2022 at 11:46 PM, CajunFries said:

Even at 550 at the wheels is easy. I was DD mine for about 2 years at 560+ beating the crap out of it any chance I get and it was perfectly fine. Just make sure you use the right tuner that know what they are doing. A lot of trucks don’t run right or last long because of the tuner. Goodluck! Ask away if you got any questions. 

 

9 hours ago, CajunFries said:

I don’t know too much about trans. But I believe the older 6L80E will not be able to communicate with our generation 6L80…. Totally different. If you still have the original core, I would just send it out and get it built.  

do you know if chevrolet makes a performance oriented trans that would pair with the GEN-V model trucks? 

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2 hours ago, Gavin Faulkner said:

 

do you know if chevrolet makes a performance oriented trans that would pair with the GEN-V model trucks? 

I don’t know but I don’t think so. Havnt heard of anything like that. I wish we can swap the 6L90 tho! That would be awesome. But it doesn’t work. Only the 6l90 converter fits our trucks. 

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On 12/8/2022 at 1:32 PM, CajunFries said:

I don’t know but I don’t think so. Havnt heard of anything like that. I wish we can swap the 6L90 tho! That would be awesome. But it doesn’t work. Only the 6l90 converter fits our trucks. 

yeah, they got a stock one in. so i’m back to stock stuff. gonna get the thermostat valve for the trans, to keep the temps lower for now. not sure when i’ll do turbos, might end up going cam heads down the line instead. but either way i don’t want anymore transmission issues 

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On 12/11/2022 at 2:49 PM, Gavin Faulkner said:

yeah, they got a stock one in. so i’m back to stock stuff. gonna get the thermostat valve for the trans, to keep the temps lower for now. not sure when i’ll do turbos, might end up going cam heads down the line instead. but either way i don’t want anymore transmission issues 

No need to buy thermostat for the trans. Follow this link T stat flip. Free and easy. I’ve been running this for 3 years now and never have a problem. 

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16 hours ago, CajunFries said:

No need to buy thermostat for the trans. Follow this link T stat flip. Free and easy. I’ve been running this for 3 years now and never have a problem. 

good to know, i’ll work on it!

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