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[SoFloG]

i always keep few cores of each th400 and 4L80E and just build them as i need.

Those are gold around these parts

 

[olds307 and 403]

Those are gold around these parts

The TH400 not so much, the 2wd 4L80E are a different story. Rare, basically only in vans up here. Their is a guy asking $1500 for one with a reman sticker on it. Still unknown, what shape it actually in, who knows. Any 4L60E unless it comes with a warranty, should be a $50 core IMHO.

 

[nycutlass]

The TH400 not so much, the 2wd 4L80E are a different story. Rare, basically only in vans up here. Their is a guy asking $1500 for one with a reman sticker on it. Still unknown, what shape it actually in, who knows. Any 4L60E unless it comes with a warranty, should be a $50 core IMHO.

i buy th400 and 4L80E by the skid load and each skid hold 8 transmission

 

[SoFloG]

i buy th400 and 4L80E by the skid load and each skid hold 8 transmission

Btw, how much crap is involved in putting a 4l80e behind a 1st gen carb'd sbc?

 

[78Delta88]

Several who tubes on this.

Basically needs the TCU, various price points from about 900 on down. You can make it manual shift. I'm looking at doing that with one I have, just haven't done it yet.

 

[78Delta88]

It would be nice to get a core for 50. Around here 150 or so, get on Craig's List and you can get burnt out or broken junk for a 1000 or so.

 

[SoFloG]

Several who tubes on this.

Basically needs the TCU, various price points from about 900 on down. You can make it manual shift. I'm looking at doing that with one I have, just haven't done it yet.

Thanks, that's what I thought. Just thinking toward the future.

 

[78Delta88]

Things change all the time and 700R and 2004R getting harder to find. A few years back I was looking at 4L60E behind a 305 in an S10 and Summit had the TCU but was about 950 or so. I ended up with TH350C found it was good enough.

Edit: I was looking for a 2004R or 700R, but all I had was a 4L60E which needs the electronic control.

 

[nycutlass]

Btw, how much crap is involved in putting a 4l80e behind a 1st gen carb'd sbc?

many ways it can be done but all depends in what you want to do. all of them aren't so bad to do. i think the hardest part if your doing a cruiser is to accommodate the position sensor to the carb.

 

[SoFloG]

I'm used to running th350s and have blown up almost every 700r4 I've had, but this one currently in my elco seems different in a good way.