4l80e swap

[trublew]

What all is involved/needed for the swap on a 4.8l tahoe with 3.73s?

 

[Z-56 Hoe]

why do You want the E4L80 Trans with the 4.8L V-8? thats a lot more trans for the Baby V-8

 

[trublew]

my trans slips a little now and then and i tend to be ******* transmissions haha i was just looking for a good upgrade from the 4l60e... i may be swapping over to a 6.0 in the near future so want to be sure to plan ahead for that as well...

 

[dwmmatt23]

I found a guy here locally selling the 80e and 6.0 out of a 2500 and was curious myself of just swapping both in at the same time. I know the motor everything just swaps over and im thinking the trans does too

 

[Z-56 Hoe]

ok yeah if You Plan on doing the 6.0 I can see it the E4L80 is a BEAST!!!!

 

[OmarR]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=460le+to+480le+swap&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=

 

[jdpber]

Well that article outlined my point of the trans being different lengths.. as i plan to do a 5.9 cummins with adapter plate and the 4l80 and 3/4 rear end in a couple years.. well basically because a 500hp+ diesel tahoe.. yea be sick and if i have the parts why the heck not..

not if i have a 4.8 the drive loss i dont think would be worth it to spin the deeper gears in thte 4l80.. if it was me i wouldn't waist the money on the 4.8 with a 4l80. but if you are planning to swap a 6L then i would do both at the same time so you do all your mounts and fab work at once and save time.. do it all at once and call it a day.

But overall the 4l60 to 4l80 is not a huge fab job.. with a good welder and materials and some skill a good weekend project..

 

[Max]

I'm about to pursue this very swap or just pay a homie's shop to do it for me. Like others have said it isn't a big deal: input shaft on tcase, driveshaft mods, some tuning, etc. but they aren't so bad. I'm a firm believer in overbuilding things so you don't have to buy stuff twice.

 

[BOSS]

I'm about to pursue this very swap or just pay a homie's shop to do it for me. Like others have said it isn't a big deal: input shaft on tcase, driveshaft mods, some tuning, etc. but they aren't so bad. I'm a firm believer in overbuilding things so you don't have to buy stuff twice.

Or 4 times.