[Diy_efi] 4L80E into 6.2 diesel application

[Eric Deslauriers]

Lyndon,

So I would need the valve body and the TC?

I talked to Jet, but they're going downhill in a hurry and had no info. Art
Carr wasn't much better.

Thanks,
Eric


> -----Original Message-----
> From: diy_efi-bounces at diy-efi.org [mailto:diy_efi-bounces at diy-efi.org]On
> Behalf Of Programmer
> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 7:19 AM
> To: List for general do-it-yourself EFI talk
> Subject: Re: [Diy_efi] 4L80E into 6.2 diesel application
>
>
> The internals on the transmission (gear ratios) are identical to that of a
> "gas" transmission. The differences are in the valve body and torque
> converter.
>
> Lyndon
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Perry Harrington" <pedward at apsoft.com>
> To: "List for general do-it-yourself EFI talk" <diy_efi at diy-efi.org>
> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 7:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diy_efi] 4L80E into 6.2 diesel application
>
>
> > Jet makes a "Transconversion kit" for 4L80-E trannies.  It is
> an external
> computer
> > that controls the transmission.  From what I know of Fords, the diesel
> trannies have
> > significantly different gear ratios than gasoline.  The reason
> being that
> the diesel's
> > don't rev very high.
> >
> > --Perry
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 09:04:47PM -0400, Ray wrote:
> > > If you have the pinout of all the connectors, you can probably put
> together an analog shift computer that uses a few op-amps and some driver
> transistors.  You will need to send the engine speed and load into the
> computer.  If you want to have something a little better, adding
> inputs for
> things like engine temperature and road speed will help.
> > >
> > > In the mean time, you can always hook the harness up to a few switches
> and shift it manually.
> > >
> > >
> > > Ray Drouillard
> > >
> > >   ----- Original Message -----
> > >   From: Eric Deslauriers
> > >   To: diy_efi at diy-efi.org
> > >   Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 7:54 PM
> > >   Subject: [Diy_efi] 4L80E into 6.2 diesel application
> > >
> > >
> > >   I have an 83 6.2 diesel I want to put a 4L80E behind.
> > >
> > >   Am I stuck buying the piggback computers, or is there
> something I can
> DIY myself? :)
> > >
> > >   Also, beyond torque converter and SW, is there anything different
> between diesel and gas 4L80Es?
> > >
> > >   Thanks!
> > >   Eric D
> >
> >
> > --
> > Perry Harrington Data Acquisition & Instrumentation, Inc
> > perry at dainst dot com http://www.dainst.com/
> >
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