6l80 conversion to early commodore

[Merv Murray]

I'm interested in this for my VR Statesman 5.0, as I have a spare 6l80e & the 5.0 has a turbohydramatic bolt pattern, will just have to find a torque converter that will connect to the 2

 

[Fu Manchu]

There is a thread on the forum where a bloke is making his own controller, see here.

Not anymore. He spat it. There is two existing controllers on the market that are better. A Perth mob do them. It’s in @CWG thread.

 

[Fu Manchu]

This thread will have a lot of info relative to your idea. There are helpful links. The controller that has the small screen might be the best option.

https://forums.justcommodores.com.au/threads/6l80e-and-6l90e-into-holden-crosstrac-system.284998/

 

[Skylarking]

Not anymore. He spat it....

I linked to his thread in post #8 but sadly he's deleted the contents of his posts.
IIRC, there was some colabaration with CWG and it's was a pity it ended the way it did.

 

[Fu Manchu]

I linked to his thread in post #8 but sadly he's deleted the contents of his posts.
IIRC, there was some colabaration with CWG and it's was a pity it ended the way it did.

I've done it again haven't I.

 

[Skylarking]

I've done it again haven't I.

Nah.
The CWG link is a good one

 

[gtrboyy]

6l80e will bolt up minus middle bolt in bellhousing...you're on your own with flexplate/convertor....brace in tunnel supposedly hits top of trans or that might just be vb-l early girls.

Malex have something to convert them to slip yoke or attachment...never looked into that enough to care lol

Controlling it all probably Haltech be easiest to way to make 6l80e work with 304..

Two other ways but sound like too much work tbh.

 

[_R_J_K_]

Controlling it all probably Haltech be easiest to way to make 6l80e work with 304..

Two other ways but sound like too much work tbh.

Flashing the memcal to manual and using one of the controllers from the states would be faaaar cheaper and save on tuning, only need some slight loom changes. Would be way cheaper than even the Platinum sport plugin.

 

[Lex]

Flashing the memcal to manual and using one of the controllers from the states would be faaaar cheaper and save on tuning, only need some slight loom changes. Would be way cheaper than even the Platinum sport plugin.

I agree.
Fu put this up a few months back. http://www.torqueup.net/blog/2020/05/03/vt-vz-6-speed-auto-6l80e-conversions/

 

[gtrboyy]

Only said Haltech as they're 30mins away & had good experiences with them.

Heard of some people many years ago fit Ls pcm to 304 really dislike it for number of hours & hassle involved.

Shiftcontroller never seen one or had firsthand experience but reckon flexplate/convertor would make it pain in butt.

That said do like idea of complete l98/6l80e conversion into early girls just not fan mix n matching parts different era cars