[Musicman171]

Davester3500. Man, I can’t thank you enough for saving me from the mistake I was about to make. As I dig in to the project (researching along the way as I go) I know I’ll gain a better understanding of everything, but you saved me from diving in the wrong pond from the start. Much appreciated brother!

 

[Musicman171]

RDF-1 Thank you so much for replying to this. Having options is a great thing before I dive in with money. Much appreciated, friend.

 

[Musicman171]

RDF1- I hate overstepping with cont'd questions, but you're right...gonna take some money for sure. Working two jobs, I unfortunately won't have lots of time to get into the build myself (gonna try as best I can to do what I can handle personally) but the fact is I'm gonna have to rely on local help (shops, tuners, friends) to help me achieve it. That's gonna cost me. To give you a better idea...I'm the original owner of the truck, bought it brand new in 2000. Drove it stock for a quarter century. Now, all I've done to it so far is install the 4/6 IHC lowering kit, wheels and tires. So, I'm really still at square-one.

I don't wanna race the truck, I just want a torquey, fun to drive street truck (anywhere north of 500 hp would be the goal, naturally aspirated) that I can get nasty with every once in a while. Get on it and raise hell from time to time. Daily drive it to work. Play when I feel like it. But as far as money goes, it's gonna cost me a good bit of it, so I'm hoping to make some of the right decisions the first time. I plan to put a 4.10 gear in it soon, with limited slip locker. Which is why I'm curious of your thoughts...If it were your truck, would you want to run the 6l90 (properly tuned) or is there any advantages / disadvantages with running that instead of putting a 4l80 in it. I haven't seen many street truck builds with the 6l90 (haven't seen any on youtube, in fact). Curious what your thoughts are on this. Thanks man

 

[Musicman171]

Me personally id rather have the 4L80 unit. Its much more simple transmission. With the right setup it will run great!
The 6L trans are ok but they are expensive to build and they aren't my favorite. Ive built and tuned a ton of cars and trucks.
The most reliable are the simple builds.
My favorite is a small cam that is easy on valvetrain, turbo charged, 4L80E, and the right gear ratio for whatever tire size you want to run.
Its nothing for one of those setups to make 650rwhp and be a blast to drive, last a really long time and will absolutely fly plus still get good MPG.

RDF1 Thanks so much man