Goes to show filling up a 4L80E with Fluid is not bad of you fill a little more oil than recommended. I always say little bit more oil never hurts old engines and Transmissions
Billet isnt a material. The way you mention it in the vid seems to imply that it is. Billet is a process. All it means is milled from a solid part. If i machined a backplate out of a solid chunk of brass it would still be a billet backplate. Just not a strong one lol. Just saying it maybe should be explained or worded differently in future vids.
Yes "billet" is meaningless unless followed by an alloy and heat treatment process, that matters more when were talking shafts where different alloy makes a significant difference. The drive cover could be stamped 1045 sheet steel and billet 1045 steel would be a significant improvement. So for these parts they don't need further detail. Shafts is really the hill to die on with this. I appreciate the comment and you're correct. When it is important(if it doesn't start problems)I have/will call it out.
I run a pressure sensor , plagued with shift issues no one has any advice for, gonna tear the trans down for the 3rd time and hope to find something. Harsh 1/2, soft and late 2/3 , 3/4 I can live with but still bit harsh , Holley adjustments on duty cycle doesn’t help
The fact you stand by your product is awesome I will be definitely buying one for my third gen F-body build. Driveway Engineer speaks highly of you and your product/ work 💪🏾
billet isn't the best for everytime... look at leaf spring shackles... OEM are stamp forgings... for a reason, fabricated shackles even TWICE the thickness... arn't as good not knocking your products, just implying billet is the absolute best you can buy, and just plain billet... isn't as good as forged with the grain structure able to resist loads vs billet's flat grain orientation
There are various ways to make something stronger. It can be dimensionally larger, better alloy of metal for the intend purpose, various heat treatments, or physical treatments. Oems are masters of “Just good enough” We are talking strictly about a converter. The oem converter is mostly stamped sheet metal of a steel alloy that has good elasticity to aid that process but the end result is not rigid. Manufacturing those same parts out of thicker, better alloys of steel, and a heat treatment process is a significant improvement and beyond sufficient. Not everything can, or is required to be titanium forged in a gigapress. You may not be aware, but billet blanks themselves can be forged via various processes. Just your basic cold rolled versus hot rolled steel of the same alloy has different properties. You could likewise produce a inferior forged part out of recycled Chinese door knobs, the process alone doesn’t ensure quality. All aspects determine the result.
Wow! I was a quart over and my transmission seems to run a bit better - and I was freaking out. This vid really confirms to me that being a quart over the max line is ok!!! Thanks so much - I have the 4l60e deep pan. I read forums where only one person said they went a quart over. Everyone else said only a half quart max over. So I was scared about damaging the transmission but like I said - it is shifting better. So I'm leaving it now for sure. thanks
Call me at the shop (727)401-4269 I can give you the long and short of it, and your other options, and set you up with a package deal for turbo and flanges. I also sell hard to find large diameter mandrel bends.
I appreciate Btr for responding with real actual results , I wanted to buy their IM and they told me I needed to spin alot more Rpm to see gains and would lose low range torque so with a turbo You need all the torque down low for better spooling and can turn up the boost up top
One thing I learned when machining is that they test the fitment right away and the heat while machining will make it seem it’s correct, but once it cools completely down it’ll be off
I appreciate your video. Bumped into it looking for some info and this gave a better look into the different plate. Question, is there a difference between the 4L60e and 4L80e center spacers? Both trans are 2004. Any help would be appreciated
Actually Billet is cheaper to manufacture than using old cores, I had this discussion with Jim Hughes whom owns Hughes performance the reason is lack of cores nowadays, A billet convertor offers no other advantages
The valve body and filter are displacing fluid volume. I'm aware. Just let me be over the top dramatic so I can really hammer home how important this is.
@@TurboSleeper so then....you admit that the 1/4" in the empty pan is an exaggeration of the amount needed to fill the SAME pan to the SAME level with all the other crap in there?? So what's the point in lying about the level vs. volume?
So, anyone having a problem with their 6L80e torque converter. What makes YOUR converter better than upgrading to a 6L90 converter, which I've seen as an upgrade to the 6L80e's replacement . Like yours?
I am changing my filter so I am going to check this. My truck spends most of it's time in the mountains of Idaho so it is rarely level when driving and there are some steep accents and descents. Thanks for the video.
Well tell the pinhead effficiency "experts" that misguided gm on this filter design to make the filter longer! Engineers hate shortcuts like this. Pennies saved on initial cost, thousands flushed on warranty... and a risk of some reputations needlessly flamed in the process That's retarded.
Sounds about right. Cold height would be near the pan rail, which is acceptable [running]. I notched my dipstick about 1/16" above the pan rail to serve as my cold level reference - so far so good.
Stock pump is. Turbine is not. Ours are fully brazed. That isn’t the comparison I’m making though, against other performance converters on the market where they’ve done nothing or fins are just tack welded on the edge of the fin. There can still be fin failure. I don’t want to walk down the path of making other people look bad makes me look good. I think that makes me look like a jerk. We’re putting out the highest possible quality, with a warranty. I am going to do another video explaining some of this a little better. I kept an example instead of throwing it in the scrap bin. I’ll just change the names, or color rather, to protect the not so innocent.
