Tonyrodz
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Been there before! Sux, but at least you got it out of the way now instead of it breaking far from home.
2000 NBS Blue Steel Burban Build
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I blew up my 4l65 shortly after installing my blower and went with a Performabuilt Level 3 Performance series. My truck was down for awhile but I think it was worth it, seems like a great trans. Good luck, hopefully you'll be back on track soon.
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00'BlueSteel
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Yeah just thinking I am about to load it up full of stuff and drive 300+ miles for Xmas I’m definitly glad it happened now instead of then.
How has the lvl 3 treated you so far? I wish I had time to get a Performabuilt sent out.
The guy doing it said he doesn’t do the corvette servo or the Sonnax super hold, told me to sell/return the ones I just bought. Says he does a bunch of other servo modification paired with a custom shift kit he puts together and heavy accumulator modification to pretty much remove the pauses between the 3-4 clutch shifts, 2nd to 3rd and 3rd to 4th. Said I can tow in overdrive with 36x15.50 tires and 500hp/500lb-ft of torque well over what my tired 5.3 makes now but perfect for when it gets rebuilt. He’s gonna use the Beast sun shell and mentioned he has a special 10 plate clutch pack to replace the 6 plate version, and gonna change up the stall with a stronger torq converter. That all sounds amazing but I don’t really know transmissions like that. I know what he’s talking about and what parts those are and how the work but I don’t know which brands or combination of parts are good, better, best....
The Performabuilt has been great, the 1-2 shift especially is so fast and hard. I also used an FTI triple disk billet converter with 2800 stall and that's working well with my setup. Not sure what kind of stall you're putting in but the converter needs to be beefy too. If your converter goes, it will probably damage your trans. A good converter will set you back some cash (mine was $1500) but it's not something to take lightly either.
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I’m not sure what stall he is putting in it, I left that up to him to decided based off what I told him I do with it, mostly just said make it as strong as possible my budget is flexible all I care about is that it’s way stronger for the future upgrades and daily driving and all the towing. I tow regularly and weight gets up in 7000lb range.
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Got a temporary whip! Haha sport mode is pretty fun!
I'm curious what converter he's putting in. You should find out when you pay the bill.
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I’m planning on asking for a full parts list, who knows what I’ll actually get haha, but I’ll definitely post what details I do get.
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I’ll start by saying the suburban is still not done..
After 7 days of wrenching in 10-20 degree weather we never even made it to the rear portion of the lift. We ran into quite a few problems getting everything apart which set us back 2.5 days and then ran into a hell of a clearance problem putting the steering back together. As well as a hand full of other issues that just plagued the whole process. The only thing left to do on the front was install the new brake lines and I ran out of time, had to go back to work today and won’t get back to work on it again until the weekend of the 12th.
I only got a few pics of the truck before we left for vacation right after I got it back from the transmission shop and the beginning of the tear down and a little of the front going on.
From what I can tell I love the new transmission:
Corvette converter with a 2500 stall
Beast Sun Shell
HD front and rear planetary gear sets
Transgo HD2 with only one washer and medium drilling on the plate
Zpak Clutches
HD wide bands
Also added a transfer case Case Saver
And all new bearings ands seals everywhere.
It holds in gear a lot better, like climbing hills in 4th. It down shifts quickly with little hesitation. If you are easy on the gas it shifts smooth and fast, way better than stock, if you get on the gas like half or more throttle it shifts very firm and you get a nice neck snap that’s not to aggressive.
After 7 days of wrenching in 10-20 degree weather we never even made it to the rear portion of the lift. We ran into quite a few problems getting everything apart which set us back 2.5 days and then ran into a hell of a clearance problem putting the steering back together. As well as a hand full of other issues that just plagued the whole process. The only thing left to do on the front was install the new brake lines and I ran out of time, had to go back to work today and won’t get back to work on it again until the weekend of the 12th.
I only got a few pics of the truck before we left for vacation right after I got it back from the transmission shop and the beginning of the tear down and a little of the front going on.
From what I can tell I love the new transmission:
Corvette converter with a 2500 stall
Beast Sun Shell
HD front and rear planetary gear sets
Transgo HD2 with only one washer and medium drilling on the plate
Zpak Clutches
HD wide bands
Also added a transfer case Case Saver
And all new bearings ands seals everywhere.
It holds in gear a lot better, like climbing hills in 4th. It down shifts quickly with little hesitation. If you are easy on the gas it shifts smooth and fast, way better than stock, if you get on the gas like half or more throttle it shifts very firm and you get a nice neck snap that’s not to aggressive.
Awesome news on the trans. Sorry to hear about the problems with the lift. Hopefully it will all come together after a break.
