Truck is finally on track to being back on the road

[Nickleahy23]

Well as some of you know my trans went out on me...after the 6.0 swap my 3.4 clutch pack went out..ive been able to drive it around town with 1/2, but thats about it..i really havent driven it in almost 2 months..

was going to get a flt level 5 trans, but that was 2400 bucks, plus 600 for a converter, then me installing it..

found a local guy with 30 years in the business..

rebuild my trans with all the upgrades, beast sunshell, hd shift kit and servo, upgraded pumps, z pack 3/4 clutch pack...1700 installed with 2 year warrenty..im just glad i dont have to mess with taking it out and putin it back in

also pickin up a Yank Truck Thruster 3000 stall for $550 shipped. They have a special starting on feb 1st..its a great deal..

so for about 2300 installed i have a new built trans and a sweet converter..my buddy is haulin my truck from home up to school so this should be done within 2 weeks..its gonna be nice to be able to just drive it again...the cam will come along soon..may scoop one and bring it with when i go to visit Max and put it in..well see..

also have some new shocks and possibly bumpstops comin from max, so the rear will drop down some and it will ride a hell of alot better...

that is all lol

 

[blueflamed03]

cool man, let me know how you like that converter. I bet you do

 

[Nickleahy23]

Im hopin i like it...ive never driven anything with a converter...I talked with yank and they said its a great converter, very tight and good with towing..it will take some getting used to, but it should make the truck quite a bit quicker

 

[puckhead]

Glad to hear things are coming back together for you! If your gonna be there helpin with the install takes some pics! Good luck

 

[BlackDenali]

Good shit....Cam and blower time

 

[Nickleahy23]

Good shit....Cam and blower time

lol i think the blower will have to wait for a while...a cam and headers is about all that i will be doing for the rest of the performance...unless i come across some huge deal on a tvs1900...but since im still in school, i need to stop dropin money on the truck lol

 

[iwaslowr]

I loved the Yank TT3000 my Silverado had!!! Can't wait to do that mod again! Congrats man! Glad to hear you are getting the Tahoe back on the road!

 

[Tahoe03mm]

where are you getting those prices on yank 3000? I only ask cuz I'm in the market for a new converter to go with my lq4 build

 

[Nickleahy23]

where are you getting those prices on yank 3000? I only ask cuz I'm in the market for a new converter to go with my lq4 build

when i called yesterday, he told me they have a special starting on the 1st of feb

 

[Tahoe03mm]

Sweet! I need one too, you talked to a guy at Yank?

 

[badtothe bone]

There is no such thing as a shift kit for that model of transmission.

By the way, Shift Kit is a trademark of Transgo and cannot be used with any other brand of transmission overhaul kit. Unless the computer program was updated with a TECH II - you just wasted your time.

 

[Nickleahy23]

There is no such thing as a shift kit for that model of transmission.

By the way, Shift Kit is a trademark of Transgo and cannot be used with any other brand of transmission overhaul kit. Unless the computer program was updated with a TECH II - you just wasted your time.

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/TRG-4L60E-HD2

since when is there no shift kit for a 4l60e? im pretty sure i installed it myself and order if right from Transgo...Justin at Blackbear tuned the trans for it, which is far beyond a Tech II

Truck is going in on Monday most likely..1600 installed..hes converting it to a 4l65e with a 5 pinion planetary, beast sunshell, zpack 3/4 clutch pack, new shift kit and servo (including the extra springs that are only installed if you rip the trans apart), upgraded pump, fixing my trans cooler lines since they are kinked, replacing front output seal on tcase...

ordering my Yank converter tomorrow..TT3000..

hopefully the truck is finished by the end of next week, but theres no hurry since ill be back at home next weekend anyway..cant wait to see how it drives with the converter

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Sweet! I need one too, you talked to a guy at Yank?

yup..the special is $550 shipped for a TT3000..saves about 90 bucks he said

 

[Nickleahy23]

ordered the TT3000 today...should be about 2 weeks until i get the truck back..converter takes about 10 days they said with building and shipping..and i have to wait on a retune from justin...

 

[Nickleahy23]

got this in today finally..

Dropped the truck off 20 min ago..

Going to be doing front and rear 5 pinion planetarys, shift kit, servo, Beast sunshell, zpack 3/4 clutch pack, pump upgrade and a few other little things..along with fixing a leaking tcase and kinked trans cooler lines..should be done by the end of next week..

 

[str8wkd]

had a trans built for the kon last year bored valvebody vette servo red clutches beast sunshell and some other tweakes no shift kit but valvebody is drilled for better flow Trans shops own home brew shift kit I guess u could call it. didnt have a tune for it kind of afraid to it already rip the tires going into 2nd.

 

[Nickleahy23]

had a trans built for the kon last year bored valvebody vette servo red clutches beast sunshell and some other tweakes no shift kit but valvebody is drilled for better flow Trans shops own home brew shift kit I guess u could call it. didnt have a tune for it kind of afraid to it already rip the tires going into 2nd.

a tune would probably be the best thing you could do for that trans at this point. Justin told me that without a tune I shouldnt drive it very hard, because it will shift harder then what its ment to do, and can end up messing up the new trans real quick...I would email him and set up a tune..it would make it shift better and preserve it longer, along with adding some more power and driveability to the truck