[COTW 10/3/11]: My Texas Speed E85 429ci & 4L80E swap

[GEEo]

[mikepage0007]

c,mon dc ..your hold me up...lol...talk to mike @ jakes and where a little stumped on which flexplate with the lsx..different then the 6l80...are you using the adaptor ?? what part number flex?? thanks

[DietCoke]

The flexplate for the 4l80 is listed above. TCI #399754, spacer built in. Engine/trans should be going in the car not this weekend, but the one after. Just waiting on Texas-Speed to cough up the parts now. Trust me, I want it to be finished just as badly as you do :p

"Hoping these will be done this week finally with a little luck. Between machines crashing and and parts availability issues, we're getting destroyed on these. (The heads)" - Matt @ TSP

[DietCoke]

-28.7

Motor lift plate and trans dipstick came too, but didnt bother to take pictures, since they arent very exciting :P
It's a #2317 Braille

[mikepage0007]

so i need a trans dipstick and what is lift plate?? i did order my trans mount from andy along with adm scoop cai...can you get me part # for shifter /dipstick and anything relkated to shifter..thanks chris for your patience, i feel like i will saying this alot..lol

[69 Rebel]

Doesn't the trans come with a dipstick . Jakes is shipping mine out in the morning i don't remember ordering a dipstick.

[mikepage0007]

i guess we will find out...could be that since the 4l is not a camaro tranny, they probably have diff dipsticks...will email mike and see what he says

[mikepage0007]

mike said we will need a dipstick, hopefully chris will chime in on part number...also spoke with my gm buddy, he will order me a shifter...and dipstick...chris , anything other then a shifter and dipstick from gm?..he will also get me a shift ball , after he checks to see if it comes black with iom stitch..chris anything you need? he gets me mechanic pricing...shifter is 115 with tax..

[mikepage0007]

Originally Posted by DietCoke

-28.7

Motor lift plate and trans dipstick came too, but didnt bother to take pictures, since they arent very exciting :P
It's a #2317 Braille

still don,t know what i am looking at...excuse my ignorance, but what is this setup..nevermind, i googled, it is a battery that is 30lbs lighter..racing battery...interesting..good post

[69 Rebel]

Originally Posted by mikepage0007

mike said we will need a dipstick, hopefully chris will chime in on part number...also spoke with my gm buddy, he will order me a shifter...and dipstick...chris , anything other then a shifter and dipstick from gm?..he will also get me a shift ball , after he checks to see if it comes black with iom stitch..chris anything you need? he gets me mechanic pricing...shifter is 115 with tax..

Yes we need a dipstick, i had him add it to the order before it left this morning.

[DietCoke]

Oil pickup came yest... windage tray comes sat, really just waiting on texas speed to get the big parts here.



AAF-ALL10140 ENG LIFT PLATE CHEVY LS SERIES

The lift plate bolts where the valley cover goes and has eyelets for chain or hooks. Makes pulling the motor a piece of cake, and puts less load on the bolt holes then say, bolting a chain to the block.

[Dangeruss]

Awesome build...subscribed.

[mikepage0007]

srt10killer posted that someone was using same/similar battery and was having some cold weather problems...just passing on info...in the recent 4l80 brd

[mikepage0007]

Originally Posted by DietCoke

Its a generic $15 chrome dipstick from summit for turbo400. It will work. Ill get part # when home from work and show you the lift plate. Oil pickup came yest... windage tray comes sat, really just waiting on texas speed to get the big parts here.


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SUM-G3881 CHRM TRANS DIPSTICK TH400
AAF-ALL10140 ENG LIFT PLATE CHEVY LS SERIES

The lift plate bolts where the valley cover goes and has eyelets for chain or hooks. Makes pulling the motor a piece of cake, and puts less load on the bolt holes then say, bolting a chain to the block.

duh, lift plate,, i have that covered,,, thought that was part of build list..mike @ jakes sent me part # for dip and tube... Here is the part numbers: Dipstick 15183801, Tube 15832205.