4l80e transmission question..

blkZooM said:
$1500 is a lot for a 6R80 out of an F150. The more than likely range you would be paying for one is between $500(higher miles) and $1000 (lower miles) with some extremely low miles one in the area of $1500.

You also forgot to add in the price of the driveshaft which was around $1050 for me. Pretty sure it would be the same price for others wanting to go the same route.

And It really does bolt right up. Now you do need a couple of new things like longer trans to engine bolts, 5.0 flexplate, new flexplate bolts, four torque converter to flexplate nuts, trans mount nuts and that spacer in between the trans and engine which can all easily be found on a ford site.

Biggest hurdle one would have had was getting the 6R to work with the stock transmission cross-member but I found out that is pretty simple also. By simply cutting out the top of the cross-member where the 4R once sat and flipping it around the 6R falls in place PERFECT. I struggled trying to make my own transmission mount, got tired of messing with it ordered a 2011 F-150 trans mount to see how it would work and to my surprise it worked perfectly. Drill two holes for your new trans mount and you are done wit the cross-member.
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My TR6060 has a fixed flange and I only paid $850 or so for my Driveshaft Shop C.V. shaft? I sent the coyote swap guy to them and he paid the same as far as I know. Why was yours $200 more? Different vender?

IIRC It was their GT500 upgrade shaft but lengthened around 10”. I know she’s a tight fit! I measured for it right to a 32nds of an inch.. [emoji1303]


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blkZooM said:
$1500 is a lot for a 6R80 out of an F150. The more than likely range you would be paying for one is between $500(higher miles) and $1000 (lower miles) with some extremely low miles one in the area of $1500.

You also forgot to add in the price of the driveshaft which was around $1050 for me. Pretty sure it would be the same price for others wanting to go the same route.

And It really does bolt right up. Now you do need a couple of new things like longer trans to engine bolts, 5.0 flexplate, new flexplate bolts, four torque converter to flexplate nuts, trans mount nuts and that spacer in between the trans and engine which can all easily be found on a ford site.

Biggest hurdle one would have had was getting the 6R to work with the stock transmission cross-member but I found out that is pretty simple also. By simply cutting out the top of the cross-member where the 4R once sat and flipping it around the 6R falls in place PERFECT. I struggled trying to make my own transmission mount, got tired of messing with it ordered a 2011 F-150 trans mount to see how it would work and to my surprise it worked perfectly. Drill two holes for your new trans mount and you are done wit the cross-member.
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Sorry, I live up in Canada, that was in Canadian dollars. The exchange rate is about 75 cents right now, and yes I was looking at low to very low mileage units.

Thanks for all that info, the mount adaptation is awesome news!:beer:
 
justbob said:
My TR6060 has a fixed flange and I only paid $850 or so for my Driveshaft Shop C.V. shaft? I sent the coyote swap guy to them and he paid the same as far as I know. Why was yours $200 more? Different vender?

IIRC It was their GT500 upgrade shaft but lengthened around 10”. I know she’s a tight fit! I measured for it right to a 32nds of an inch.. [emoji1303]


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Inflation maybe? Not to sure, I swore the coyote swap guy stated he was at $1000 for his with shipping. Also same vender.
 
MOTOWN said:
I have a Hughes 4L80E but its still in the crate , as mentioned CWright ran a 4L80E it transformed the way the car drove and shifted , the 4L80E or the 6R80 are your best options.
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I am curious about this. How did the 4L80E transform the way the car drove and shift? What was the experience?
 
I have a 4L80 in my car. I took the gate locks out of the shifter in the console and made a bracket to attach the oem cable to the trans. It's not very clean. Just curious what others have done.
 
cheapthrillb2 said:
Anybody? Still curious.
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The stock shifter works fine with the 4L80E

Ambitious1 said:
I am curious about this. How did the 4L80E transform the way the car drove and shift? What was the experience?
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Its like asking what's the difference between the ride quality of a Chevette compared to a Cadillac , the 4L80E does everything better shifts are much more solid and shifts are night and day!

You know as soon as you drive the car that its not a 4r70w, there's really no comparison.
 
MOTOWN said:
The stock shifter works fine with the 4L80E



Its like asking what's the difference between the ride quality of a Chevette compared to a Cadillac , the 4L80E does everything better shifts are much more solid and shifts are night and day!

You know as soon as you drive the car that its not a 4r70w, there's really no comparison.
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Could you possibly make a "sticky" about the swap or post some photos? I think a lot of MM folks would be interested in this swap.

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MOTOWN said:
The stock shifter works fine with the 4L80E



Its like asking what's the difference between the ride quality of a Chevette compared to a Cadillac , the 4L80E does everything better shifts are much more solid and shifts are night and day!

You know as soon as you drive the car that its not a 4r70w, there's really no comparison.
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The gates didn't seem to line up very well, close but not the same. But that could be my geometry at the trans.
 
Going to be picking up a 6r80 this weekend, still swamped with work, but hope to get the swap completed by spring. I'll start a thread when I start on it,still trying to decide on whether to run the stock converter for a while or not, the whole unit only has 23k miles the 6r80 1st gear is 4.17:1 compared to the 4r70 2.67:1 I believe, should be interesting
 
Spent this past weekend building my first 4l80e... Not a basic rebuild but a build... they are not for the faint of heart or wallet. We machined drums to fit extra clutches, installed a Transgo shift kit, replaced every single bushing, then fitted them all one by one by measuring them and the shaft that rides on them, then honing the bushings to the correct size. The pump was fitted with new pressure springs, relief holes drilled, new epc solenoid. pressure blow off valve installed in the valve body, billet drums, redline racing clutches, kolene steels.... almost 20 hours of work went into her... can't wait to throw it behind 428 cubic inches of Supercharged Pontiac Power!
 
Curless said:
Spent this past weekend building my first 4l80e... Not a basic rebuild but a build... they are not for the faint of heart or wallet. We machined drums to fit extra clutches, installed a Transgo shift kit, replaced every single bushing, then fitted them all one by one by measuring them and the shaft that rides on them, then honing the bushings to the correct size. The pump was fitted with new pressure springs, relief holes drilled, new epc solenoid. pressure blow off valve installed in the valve body, billet drums, redline racing clutches, kolene steels.... almost 20 hours of work went into her... can't wait to throw it behind 428 cubic inches of Supercharged Pontiac Power!
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Uh, whipple car is not a Pontiac sir... :D
 
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