Allison 6sp: Any of you guys DIY'D your Allison build?
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I built my trans myself with parts I sourced myself similar to a SC stg III kit with a 1058 (brand spanking new at the time). I was 19 years old and my truck had 60k on it. 6 years later and 168k on the clock she still works great. Ive built a few others and like most have said 500-600 hp range most of the off the shelf kits will work fine. Had a few trucks survive at higher levels but I feel like it was just luck. 800hp personally I would go to a reputable builder.
Yes I do, originally from Austria but have been in the States since the mid 80's.
Sie sind von der Schweiz ?
You break a lot over there
I know I'd like a tranny built by Mike L, but it's seeming impossible the more I think about it. I'm happy with building my truck for 550-600 and calling it good. Running a 150 tune of korys is scary enough right now lol. That said, I'm seeing a lot of people with self built trans that aren't lasting more then 20-30k miles. Is this the norm? Could a person expect a longer lifespan out of a pro built tranny by Mike L for example? As much as I love the power, if I can't get a built transmission designed for high hp levels to hold 550hp for at least 100k, it just seems like a waste. Don't get me wrong, I realize you have to pay to play, but at 30-40k, that's a tranny a year for me, costs rack up quick and money doesn't grow on trees near me...
I built my trans myself a little over a year ago. First Allison build ever and took about 14 hrs from setting hoist to putting back on the ground and driving. I bought the ML G from mike l and a gmax 5 kit. Have a little over 20k mi on it. I'm currently pushing 575 hp until the twins get put on and ill see how it last after that. Mike l gave me a few pointers and I did some other research as well. It wasn't that bad of a built just time consuming. How it'll hold at high numbers I have no clue but it's been pretty good to me so far.
Yeah, see I'm just looking at the built trans to kinda give me the max I can squeeze out of the stock turbo, then it's onto twins, injectors, and entake/exhaust to keep the poor safe and temps down. All about a functional dd that can race on the weekend, and to a trailer in the Canadian Rockies without any problems.
Already trying to price out and piece what I need for the rebuild if I decide to build instead of getting mike to do it. I'd like mike to do it just for piece of mind, ya know?
Already trying to price out and piece what I need for the rebuild if I decide to build instead of getting mike to do it. I'd like mike to do it just for piece of mind, ya know?
I paid around $3000 for all my parts. No doubt mike l is the man and if you have the money I'd have him build it. If not good luck with the build. Only problem I had is resetting the taps after I built the trans. I was using a basic scanner to reset them. It still shifted weird until I got a place with Allison software to reset it.
I'll keep that in mind. I know I'm going to toast the tranny sooner then later now thx to efi, guess I'll just have to try and see what happens. Worst case it breaks in a year, I rebuild it, and it doesn't see past the 90hp tune again lol