68RFE upgrades?
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68RFE upgrades?
I'm plannin on makin this a sled truck, and i know that the trans. is only rated for 10% over stock. Instead of buying a suncoast or a goerend, i was thinking just a goerend torque converter, billet input and output shafts, planets, clutch bands, valve body, and a deeper pan.
dunno if im gonna set myself up for trouble like this...
i was thinkin gear vendor over under could help too but i dont know much about them.
anyone upgraded/scratched their stock one and if so what did ya or what are ya planning to do?
dunno if im gonna set myself up for trouble like this...
i was thinkin gear vendor over under could help too but i dont know much about them.
anyone upgraded/scratched their stock one and if so what did ya or what are ya planning to do?
Last edited by cdiesel217; 01-27-2009 at 07:19 PM.
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There are NO companies right now with billet shafts for the 68rfe tranny. I spent almost an hour on the phone with Suncoast. they said they are coming out with shafts that are currently being made overseas and won't be released for up to 3 months. I have a customer right now that owns a machine shop and is looking into building billet shafts. The Suncoast tranny is only rated for 500-550 hp and no more.
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There are NO companies right now with billet shafts for the 68rfe tranny. I spent almost an hour on the phone with Suncoast. they said they are coming out with shafts that are currently being made overseas and won't be released for up to 3 months. I have a customer right now that owns a machine shop and is looking into building billet shafts. The Suncoast tranny is only rated for 500-550 hp and no more.
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Don't know but Suncoasts main dude and I spent an hour on the phone talking about this tranny and he said they don't make em yet. I also spent time on the phone with OPIE and he said he isn't making anything for this tranny either. PDI might be getting lucky right now or doing some testing for Suncoast with proto type billet shafts.
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There are NO companies right now with billet shafts for the 68rfe tranny. I spent almost an hour on the phone with Suncoast. they said they are coming out with shafts that are currently being made overseas and won't be released for up to 3 months. I have a customer right now that owns a machine shop and is looking into building billet shafts. The Suncoast tranny is only rated for 500-550 hp and no more.
I read a magazine article a few months ago talking about the new trannys, and the guy from Goerend said they were working on a converter for the 68. Hopefully we won't have to wait too long to get one.