Hey smoke what do you have in mind.....

Knarley Darley · Member Joined: 22 Apr 2004 Posts: 1247 540238.26 points

For the 79 camaro. Since you are stealing the cars engine for your boat, I figure you must have plans for a power plant in the camaro. Do tell.

SMOKEmUP · Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 8:05 am Post subject:

I have my eye on a LQ4 / 4L80E combo. Initially the swap will be just the conversion. After that's done I'd like to twin (or single) turbo it.

Big Dave · Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 4:56 pm Post subject:

Why a 4L80E instead of the lighter with less parasitic losse 4L65E? Is the LQ4 6.0 liter going to make that much torque? I am talking about at the hit of the throtle, unless you are thinking of launching off of a trans brake at full boost.

Big Dave

clay · Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 7:08 pm Post subject:

SMOKEmUP · Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 7:33 am Post subject:

Big Dave · Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:15 am Post subject:

Well the 4L80E is a great tranny. I doubt you will ever break one. But it is big (trans tunnel massage is a possibility), and heavy, and suffers all off the parasitic losses of the TH400 it is based upon (uses some of the same parts inside).

Plus side it is fully programmable. That includes telling it to lock up reverse and first simultaneously for your trans brake. You can also control how hard it hits (no accumulator), when it shifts (no shift kit needed, or governor springs), and you have a fifth gear with the lock up converter (it takes all of the slippage out of your loose converter).

Big Dave

squeeezer · Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 6:31 pm Post subject:

just cut out a trans tunnel out of a r.v. Laughing

seriously they are huge...........and reliable
im pretty sure a second gen camaro can take it in the tunnel
its the third gens that need the massaging sometimes

Knarley Darley · Member Joined: 22 Apr 2004 Posts: 1247 540238.26 points

I put a 4L80E in a 94 Bird. Minor pounding on the tunnel, no big deal.

SMOKEmUP · Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:45 pm Post subject: