# TCI's new 6 speed 4l80e **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [January 22, 2009, 8:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tcis-new-6-speed-4l80e/201596 "2009-01-22T08:02:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![danhr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@danhr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/danhr)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 8:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tcis-new-6-speed-4l80e/201596/1 "2009-01-22T08:02:24Z")
[http://video.lsxtv.com/video\_detail.php?mId=7731](http://video.lsxtv.com/video_detail.php?mId=7731) Came across this… it still only has 1 over drive… which sucks but has an optional paddle shifter figured some of you auto-x-ers might like it ---
**Author:** ![berad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/berad/32/5953_2.png) [@berad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/berad)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 8:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tcis-new-6-speed-4l80e/201596/2 "2009-01-22T08:07:40Z")
that would be worth buying an ls1. very cool. ---
**Author:** ![SoLow](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/solow/32/6001_2.png) [@SoLow](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoLow)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 8:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tcis-new-6-speed-4l80e/201596/3 "2009-01-22T08:11:48Z")
sweet ---
**Author:** ![YellowZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/edb3f5/32.png) [@YellowZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/YellowZ)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tcis-new-6-speed-4l80e/201596/4 "2009-01-22T08:22:23Z")
Say no to an auto trans for AutoX. They are only for drag racing and queer bait like Darkstain ---
**Author:** ![danhr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@danhr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/danhr)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tcis-new-6-speed-4l80e/201596/5 "2009-01-22T08:44:22Z")
Care to explain why? I’m not a big auto-x-er but since 5 of those gears are power gears (the 5th gear is 1:1), they will be pretty close ratio… letting the auto-x-ers’ and road course guys really stay in their power band. and I dont think this transmission would be really good for a drag car, because it has too many gears. 4 shifts down a track is too many… ---
**Author:** ![burnyd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/burnyd/32/6020_2.png) [@burnyd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/burnyd)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 9:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tcis-new-6-speed-4l80e/201596/6 "2009-01-22T09:21:57Z")
that is awesome~! ---
**Author:** ![dyingwish](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dyingwish/32/6041_2.png) [@dyingwish](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dyingwish)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 9:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tcis-new-6-speed-4l80e/201596/7 "2009-01-22T09:22:23Z")
I get what you’re saying dan, but with all the fast steering required on a auto-x course it it super hard to use paddles while sawing the wheel back and forth. Road course duty would be sublime with something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Habib88](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/habib88/32/3341_2.png) [@Habib88](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Habib88)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tcis-new-6-speed-4l80e/201596/8 "2009-01-22T09:23:49Z")
99% of the time in autox all you need in 2nd gear. Road racing is a different story, long as the tranny didn’t mind the 30+ mins of abuse. But for that it would be alot more useful. Botching/missing a shift on road course is never a good thing. Be nice to know that couldn’t happen to your car. ---
**Author:** ![Turbo\_Silverado](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_silverado/32/5990_2.png) [@Turbo\_Silverado](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Turbo_Silverado)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tcis-new-6-speed-4l80e/201596/9 "2009-01-22T11:38:06Z")
tci made it tho…thats enough for me to not want it ---
**Author:** ![bgblockelcamino](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bgblockelcamino/32/5997_2.png) [@bgblockelcamino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bgblockelcamino)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tcis-new-6-speed-4l80e/201596/10 "2009-01-22T16:39:02Z")
> [@Jumped head first into the deep end at the JDM kiddie pool.....](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jumped-head-first-into-the-deep-end-at-the-jdm-kiddie-pool/38822/118): > > tci made it tho…thats enough for me to not want it this is true ---
**Author:** ![SK360](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sk360/32/5933_2.png) [@SK360](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SK360)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tcis-new-6-speed-4l80e/201596/11 "2009-01-22T16:56:22Z")
> [@Jumped head first into the deep end at the JDM kiddie pool.....](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jumped-head-first-into-the-deep-end-at-the-jdm-kiddie-pool/38822/118): > > tci made it tho…thats enough for me to not want it +2 ---
**Author:** ![69camaro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/69camaro/32/6046_2.png) [@69camaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/69camaro)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tcis-new-6-speed-4l80e/201596/12 "2009-01-22T17:31:37Z")
its just a regular 4380e just controlled different. i looked up the gear ratios they are 2.97, 2.23, 1.57, 1.18, 1.0, .75. if you do the math second gear is .75 of fist gear, and fourth is .75 of third. so its just using the overdrive gear to split the first two gears into four ratios. basically they made a controller for controlling the gear spliting and selling it as a whole kit. i think it is a waste of money. ---
**Author:** ![green](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/green/32/5996_2.png) [@green](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/green)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tcis-new-6-speed-4l80e/201596/13 "2009-01-22T17:48:54Z")
That controller with the paddles has been out for awhile. ---
**Author:** ![fmfkid250](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fmfkid250/32/5973_2.png) [@fmfkid250](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fmfkid250)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tcis-new-6-speed-4l80e/201596/14 "2009-01-22T19:28:20Z")
Its wireless so you cant have to cars next to each other with the same setup. or you could shift each other cars. Fim ---
**Author:** ![obi-1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@obi-1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/obi-1)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 5:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tcis-new-6-speed-4l80e/201596/15 "2009-01-23T05:42:09Z")
> [@WTB: honda project or other make/model](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-honda-project-or-other-make-model/38905/27): > > its just a regular 4380e just controlled different. i looked up the gear ratios they are 2.97, 2.23, 1.57, 1.18, 1.0, .75. if you do the math second gear is .75 of fist gear, and fourth is .75 of third. so its just using the overdrive gear to split the first two gears into four ratios. basically they made a controller for controlling the gear spliting and selling it as a whole kit. i think it is a waste of money. Good info. I wonder why GM doesn’t do that from the factory? A 6 speed auto would be a nice option. ---
**Author:** ![Turbo\_Silverado](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_silverado/32/5990_2.png) [@Turbo\_Silverado](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Turbo_Silverado)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 6:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tcis-new-6-speed-4l80e/201596/16 "2009-01-23T06:33:20Z")
> [@School me on the parking situation at Sheas?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/school-me-on-the-parking-situation-at-sheas/39459/6): > > Good info. I wonder why GM doesn’t do that from the factory? A 6 speed auto would be a nice option. think they do have 6 speed autos now. think the new vettes have em ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tcis-new-6-speed-4l80e/201596/17 "2009-01-23T08:41:20Z")
a POS ford fusion has a 6 spd auto as an option. I would hope a top of the line sports car would have it also, but then again, it is a GM product. ---
**Author:** ![danhr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@danhr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/danhr)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 9:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tcis-new-6-speed-4l80e/201596/18 "2009-01-23T09:42:27Z")
6l80e are gm’s 6 speed autos. it’s actually smaller than a 4l80e. but doing a conversion with it is tricky because it is fully internally electronically controlled.