Hey man, its awesome you are putting out these videos. 4200 swaps arent super prevalent so documenting your experiences helps everyone out! I was doing some dreaming about fitting this engine into a small car - I looked to see if anyone makes a dry sump pan, they dont, and boom I stumbled upon your channel. Beauty of the internet. Even if your videos only get a few hundred or few thousand views, I guarantee its people who are sesrching for answers and you have an opportunity to provide them.
Great work, just saw your channel and think you're doing good work. If you want a lower cost fast option for the next 4l60e you can skip the shift kit and do the controls with switches or buttons for each speed. For the light car you might want a t350 instead of the 4l60.
By modifying the Trans to full manual I don't need a TCM since the engine is running a standalone ECU. The 4l60e can also bolt right up to the engine where a t350 wouldn't. Plus I wanted to have 4 gears rather than 3. If this was a drag car the t350 would've made sense given cost and the limited operating window.
@@slightedengineering Unless the THM 350 is beefed it will struggle with a Turbo I-6 Atlas. But I was using one in a 69 Tempest. Behind a Pontiac 350 with Large valve heads. Maybe it would have worked better in a 1000lbs lighter car. But if you are going to use one. Manuel shift controls only for automatic trans drag stripping with serious HP to weight ratios. Helps you when let of go pedal to pull the axle back behind the front wheels. Other wise it just shifts to next gear. Yep it sucks when the rear axle passes the front axle.
YOU'RE PAVING THE WAY. My e28 524td gave up the ghost after 300k miles and I wanted a manual but i was facing similar problems with space I cant believe I never thought about paddle shifters, that information alone is worth so much to me, THANK YOU . I haven't looked at your back catalog yet, are you using the stock trailblazer ecu from 2006+? or a standalone.
I'm using a standalone. It's an ECU Master Black. I'm building the wire harness currently. The next video will hopefully be the first start. As long as that goes well, I'll go through how I made the wiring harness.
Have you done or will you do a more in depth vid on the the transgo kit and how you're connecting it to the paddle shifters? Regardless less you've got a new subscriber. I've been hype fixating on Vortec 4200 content for a couple weeks and want to see you finish this build.
The input shaft just needs to match with whatever torque converter is being used, then the torque converter bolts to the flexplate. I had to use a crank snout adapter and spacers to get the spacing right, but it in terms of difficulty, it was much easier than a manual setup.
I had a full manual setup for the 4200 utilizing an Ar5 and a custom triple disc clutch. The answer is never as simple as just because it came that way from the factory.
Hey man, its awesome you are putting out these videos. 4200 swaps arent super prevalent so documenting your experiences helps everyone out! I was doing some dreaming about fitting this engine into a small car - I looked to see if anyone makes a dry sump pan, they dont, and boom I stumbled upon your channel. Beauty of the internet. Even if your videos only get a few hundred or few thousand views, I guarantee its people who are sesrching for answers and you have an opportunity to provide them.
I appreciate it! I'm not the greatest at being a talking head, but I certainly try my best!
Keep making content and progress. Set goals and make it happen. We need some live action😎
The goal is to have it running by the end of the year, then hopefully driving by next summer.
Great work, just saw your channel and think you're doing good work. If you want a lower cost fast option for the next 4l60e you can skip the shift kit and do the controls with switches or buttons for each speed. For the light car you might want a t350 instead of the 4l60.
By modifying the Trans to full manual I don't need a TCM since the engine is running a standalone ECU. The 4l60e can also bolt right up to the engine where a t350 wouldn't. Plus I wanted to have 4 gears rather than 3. If this was a drag car the t350 would've made sense given cost and the limited operating window.
@@slightedengineering Unless the THM 350 is beefed it will struggle with a Turbo I-6 Atlas.
But I was using one in a 69 Tempest. Behind a Pontiac 350 with Large valve heads.
Maybe it would have worked better in a 1000lbs lighter car. But if you are going to use one. Manuel shift controls only for automatic trans drag stripping with serious HP to weight ratios.
Helps you when let of go pedal to pull the axle back behind the front wheels. Other wise it just shifts to next gear. Yep it sucks when the rear axle passes the front axle.
YOU'RE PAVING THE WAY. My e28 524td gave up the ghost after 300k miles and I wanted a manual but i was facing similar problems with space I cant believe I never thought about paddle shifters, that information alone is worth so much to me, THANK YOU . I haven't looked at your back catalog yet, are you using the stock trailblazer ecu from 2006+? or a standalone.
I'm using a standalone. It's an ECU Master Black. I'm building the wire harness currently. The next video will hopefully be the first start. As long as that goes well, I'll go through how I made the wiring harness.
Have you done or will you do a more in depth vid on the the transgo kit and how you're connecting it to the paddle shifters? Regardless less you've got a new subscriber. I've been hype fixating on Vortec 4200 content for a couple weeks and want to see you finish this build.
If it works like I'm hoping I will.
Did you only put a trailblazer housing on it? Input shaft from any other 4l60e works fine?
The input shaft just needs to match with whatever torque converter is being used, then the torque converter bolts to the flexplate. I had to use a crank snout adapter and spacers to get the spacing right, but it in terms of difficulty, it was much easier than a manual setup.
@@slightedengineering ah ok thanks dude!
did you get a flywheel made for the Ar5 swap??
I had a triple disc flywheel re machined (center bore and bolt pattern) then used that stacked up. I have a video detailing the triple disc setup.
@@slightedengineering Thanks ill check it out!!!!
Because the 4200 only came with a auto.
I had a full manual setup for the 4200 utilizing an Ar5 and a custom triple disc clutch. The answer is never as simple as just because it came that way from the factory.