There's a big advantage to the 4L65E over the 6L80E. Money, and ease of a rebuild and upgrade on the workbench by anyone with moderate mechanical skills. Very similar to a 700R4. For less than the cost of a 6L80E, it can be upgraded with performance parts to handle much more torque than a stock 6L80E.

The 6L80E is a great transmission....but more complex, more to get wrong when rebuilding, and not as "user friendly" for rebuilding by a diy'r.

The continuing quest to build a better mouse trap has resulted in overly complex components that often end up less reliable, and costly to repair. Which is an issue for the subject of this thread.... Going to remote places.

 

Also 4L65e can be manually shifted just like the 4L80e during some king of electronic emergency.

40 dollar kit is available on eBay and Amazon,

one of my H1s is manual shifting 4L80e
super fun

 

Hes talking about a 6L80.. from the end of the GMT900 era IIRC?

6SPD DCT style thing

Thats the higher hanging fruit I suggested

The *4* L80 is the most common solution to all 4l6xx transmission woahs across ALL platforms

You see the 4l80 almost as often as the T400 in drag racing applications these days

It is universally beloved

Keep arguing with me, JFC

 

Theres a literal child on Tahoe Nation whose built an Aduino box that gives these paddle shifter capabilities 😉

Or you can attach three home light switches to your dash with self tappers...

 

whats the problem with 4L65E?
it can be rebuilt in a couple hours,
the labor to take it off is more than the rebuilt time.

 

Obviously im a stuff knower talking to a bunch of guys who "dink they smare" because they know the part number for OEM replacement... Motor oil... 🤣

 

Good, rebuild it in moab...

Or maybe you can call a helivac to take it to AAMCO for you 🤣

 

Exactly. And while you're rebuilding it you can install the better parts and make it more durable than any of the OEM options. At a fraction of the cost. When going into remote areas, keep in it simple means keeping it reliable. And the 4l65e is quite simple compared to the newer transmissions.

 

The fact *I'm* telling *yall* this, and we got ine guy who cant tell a 4l80 from a 6l80, and another guy who thinks a 4l65e is some big upgrade from a 4l60 when you can rebuild a 4l60 *beyond* oem 4l65e ratings, then ANOTHER guy who hates the BW4484 Tcase (what h2 engineers can the heart and soul of the h2) and wants to turn it unto a 4x4 pickup truck "for RWD burnouts" and all pretty much telling me Im not gonna find anyone here who knows **** either

Its gotta be a GM thing. The dumbest people get together and bully the smart people until they leave and buy a Ford...

The mullet trope is literally self enforcing

Like its a rule

"No thinkin roun here, we stay stuck on stupid"

Literally the LS is popular because they thought that was revolutionary compared to the SBC when the rest of the world was on the 4v motors and variable cams by then

As if being ignorant is a source of pride or something?

Now what does the Bible tell y'all about pride???

 

the 4l80 is exactly as simple as the 4l65e are you stupid?

Its not newer

its the same era transmission

and any money you spend upgrading the 4l65 can be spent upgrading the 4l80 and it will be even better

are you all addicted to stupid pills?

*what im saying here is common knowledge*