so a small amount of time has gone by and the teeth on the flexplate are not doing well no matter what I do more shims less shims ugh keeps grinding well now the teeth are destroyed so I had to change the flexplate the th400 is dead in the way don't you know. so I changed the flexplate to a fancy 6 bolt one because I just picked up a 4l80e
well what a perfect time to put it all in right before the monsoon here in Kansas. its in the truck now i rushed getting the controller i wish i would have researched just a little more i got a painless but really its a USShift which i don't mind... just that the USShift branded one was slightly cheaper... you live you learn. now i know guys are gonna say you could go Holley and have efi and a trans controller for not much more and i agree but that's if your staying with a gas engine
my plan is to go 12v so i don't need the efi stuff, but i do need a controller. I dabble with LS engines and thought about just building one but after adding it all up i just didn't see the "cheapness" of building it these aftermarket systems come with really easy tuning software and so many cool options!.
so i built a bracket for the computer and put it in my center console outta sight but its easily accessible if i need to get to it. the 80e swap was fairly straight forward and the th400 trans mount fit the 4l80e. i added an HD2 kit and oversized the AFL valve piece of mind. I'm still finishing this part up.