Filling 6L80E

[etrocket]

The check plug will have to be extended say 15mm which should give you the extra 1.5l. Plus the oil level will be slightly higher which we won't anyways. Not sure how easy that is. Hopefully I'm making sense.

[etrocket]

Don't forget wonks, as the caddy check plug is lower, the stock filter will be in mid air without the plug extended

[Wonky]

The check plug will have to be extended say 15mm which should give you the extra 1.5l. Plus the oil level will be slightly higher which we won't anyways. Not sure how easy that is. Hopefully I'm making sense.

I know what you're getting at but seems to me that the engineers designed the Caddy pan to take very little extra trans fluid than our standard pans given the relative locations of the level check plugs.

Don't forget wonks, as the caddy check plug is lower, the stock filter will be in mid air without the plug extended

That's why I have a Caddy filter on its way from the US at the moment just in case for any reason gaz hasn't got time to make me up an extender. For some strange reason, even though Holden keep the Caddy pans they don't stock the corresponding filters!

[HOLDAN]

You will be forever chasing ur tale getting the tune right. And if u run the line pressure to high without a modified pan and pickup it makes things worse.

Your crazy bying a turbo 400 for what you want. Its a waste of time, the thing is years ago people hated certain trannies like the torqueflite and C4 but now guys have worked them out there popular all of a sudden. If you just keep changin things willy nilly and its not working then you shouldnt be changin it at all. You need to get the car driving and idling nice to start with(gaz told me it idles up to shit) it should idle stock with ur cam. Then get a decent pan on it, Your box is prob already stuffed from cavitation. The whole clearance thing maybe true but I have never had troubles with A6s at all. They are a fabulous box in the right hands and light years ahead of a turbo 400. First of all it needs oil. Its a hydraulic circuit not a computer program.

I set them up with no torque management on upshift, only downshift , You dont need it on upshift, it just messes up with the cars acceleration, it will shift if it has oil to all the valves and clutches.

Sounds like u have spent a lot of money going in circles and you will continue to do so until you modify the pan.

Thanks Joel.

I'm getting a pan fabricated - just waiting to get it back.

[gaz05]

Actually, you've just made me realise that due to my lack of experience with these things I've been looking at things the wrong way I think, possibly the same as others given nobody seems to have picked it up either??
That's not the drain plug but the oil level check plug, so I assume that with the car sitting level and transmission up to temp the actual capacities to that point are quite similar i.e. the extra 1.5 litres I measured the Caddy pan as having will just be air if you fill to specifications.

Lacking technical knowledge of these A6s as I do I do however assume that we could therefore overfill by that 1.5 litres with no real detriment compared to the standard pan and given that many people have found the A6 seems to be better when slightly overfilled even with the standard pan it means with the Caddy pan we could possibly even overfill by 2 litres? Pure guesswork and supposition on my part.

Also explains why gaz's extra baffling on his double depth pans is required.

I will be home tonight Wonky, hopefully your pans will be there, don't worry about it I will get it happening for you.

[HYMEY]

make sure u weld a big pic of a cokk on meads pan, just to remind him who he is lol

[gaz05]

make sure u weld a big pic of a cokk on meads pan, just to remind him who he is lol

Haha. I should too.

[etrocket]

Anything yet?

[Tre-Cool]

about the big ****?

[Wonky]

Anything yet?

Not sure who this is directed at but for my part I received an email from the guys at Holden parts warehouse yesterday that they should be able to give me a price on a bulk buy of the Caddy pans today, but haven't received it yet. List price was just over $100 each.

[HOLDAN]

I'm getting a fabricated deep pan (including baffles) fitted next week. Taking the car up to Toowoomba tomorrow and picking it up next friday. Also getting a few A6 tune issues sorted then back to the track to really give it to her.

[etrocket]

Gaz have you received the caddy pan yet?

[Roonstain]

Keen on some pricing for a pan setup ready to go - gaz? joel?

Cheers

[dawkinsdisciple]

thanks for the heads up dieselman

have just finished my build and am sorting through a couple of niggles. box flared occasionally on wot stock, now it can produce some pretty jerky goings on.

will drop mine back at the shop when it's convienient. get them to check tune first. may be looking at one of these solutions anyway, seems like a pretty basic design flaw and pretty easy remedy to prolong gearbox life.

i'm convinced it's one of the better auto options for GM stuff at least. mine performed great most of the time and there's clearly guys punching big numbers, running them reliably. just a matter of sorting out the right solutions. should be grouse sorted.

must remember to watch...

[Wonky]

gaz05 has the Caddy pan I sent him plus the two normal pans I sent him up for HEKYEH and if I interpreted his PM correctly he will be working on them over the weekend including adding baffles etc.. I'll leave it to him to then let people know how he feels the Caddy pan compares to his 2 pan solution in terms of cost vs benefits. I'm sure his 2 pan solution will be the ultimate for serious draggers and I'm hopeful the Caddy solution will be a big improvement over stock for those who only drag occasionally, if at all, and just want to improve behaviour and longevity.

I'm hopeful my Caddy filter will arrive from the US in the next few days and Holden given the dealer a special price (no idea how special) so now just waiting on the dealer guy to get back to me with his final price inc his markup.