I would really like a turbo 400 in my truck

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Are dems Ulta rims?
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I'd still buy a GV... you know, if I could afford it, lol.
I have a gear vender in my Olds, if I was looking for overdrive today I’d go 4L80 without hesitation.

I bought the gear vender used about 15 years ago. At that time, the 4L80 stuff was much more expensive.

Compare prices, you could do a 4L80 conversion much cheaper and have thr added bonus of the ability to program exact shift points, and lockup converter
 

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I have a gear vender in my Olds, if I was looking for overdrive today I’d go 4L80 without hesitation.

I bought the gear vender used about 15 years ago. At that time, the 4L80 stuff was much more expensive.

Compare prices, you could do a 4L80 conversion much cheaper and have thr added bonus of the ability to program exact shift points, and lockup converter
I'm way late to this party too, but curious what OP decided to do and did?

Gear Vendor would be OUT for me. NOPE. Way to expensive, not to mention, only would be used in 2wd. 4L80-E is for sure the way to go if you're willing to spend GV type money and then you get to use 4wd in all the gears. 100% agree with Matt here. To many Pros to the 4L80-E swap. But it sounds like this guy might need a lower rear gear ratio too which also means front axle too.

So who knows for sure. I've been told that you can use a standard length 2wd 4L80-E and cut the output shaft and have it work for a NP208 conversion. True or Naww?!?!?
 

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