{"id":30740,"date":"2018-12-12T06:00:04","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T12:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=30740"},"modified":"2021-03-01T19:58:28","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T01:58:28","slug":"ls4-v8-to-4t80e-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=30740","title":{"rendered":"LS4 V8 to 4T80E Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/LS4-V8-block-mated-to-a-4T80E-four-speed-automatic-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"30742\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=30742\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/LS4-V8-block-mated-to-a-4T80E-four-speed-automatic-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LS4 V8 block mated to a 4T80E four-speed automatic 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;LS4 V8 block mated to a 4T80E four-speed automatic&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/LS4-V8-block-mated-to-a-4T80E-four-speed-automatic-01.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/LS4-V8-block-mated-to-a-4T80E-four-speed-automatic-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"LS4 V8 block mated to a 4T80E four-speed automatic\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/LS4-V8-block-mated-to-a-4T80E-four-speed-automatic-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/LS4-V8-block-mated-to-a-4T80E-four-speed-automatic-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/LS4-V8-block-mated-to-a-4T80E-four-speed-automatic-01.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/LS4-V8-block-mated-to-a-4T80E-four-speed-automatic-01.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You might remember <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ls4king.com\/\">Furches Performance&#8217;s<\/a> FWD Monte Carlo with a turbocharged LS4 V8 <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=30193\">we shared<\/a> last month. Since then Brandon Furches received many questions about how he mated the LS4 V8 to a 4T80E automatic transaxle. So much so that he made a video explaining how he did it. Listen as Brandon explains how to combine a 4T80E with a LS4 and make sure to read the description (on YouTube) which includes valuable tips not covered in the video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/JhCmSQfpy9M\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UClWb57_QvGHxtawWFGeum-Q\">Furches Performance<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You might remember Furches Performance&#8217;s FWD Monte Carlo with a turbocharged LS4 V8 we shared last month. Since then Brandon Furches received many questions about how he mated the LS4 V8 to a 4T80E automatic transaxle. So much so that he made a video explaining how he did it. Listen as Brandon explains how to&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=30740\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">LS4 V8 to 4T80E Guide<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":30742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[828],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ls4"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/LS4-V8-block-mated-to-a-4T80E-four-speed-automatic-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49989,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=49989","url_meta":{"origin":30740,"position":0},"title":"LS4 V8 to 4T80E Detailed Guide","author":"swaptastic","date":"December 17, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Brandon Furches is known for building very powerful LS4 V8s. 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