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All kinds of other info about the Allison here too. Watch the whole video:
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I could not find any pricing on thier site so i went to thier distributors... for a 99-02 7.3 ford 4wd it was just under 6k ( the dodge kits were 5500 )for thr kit. That is no shipping or tranny. Most decent tranny rebuild shops are 3500-4500 and a 2000 core charge.
New the cheapest i could find was $9300
This sounds like its at least a 15k project to me. I can not see this ever paying off. Even of you never have to replace the tranny again, the milage increase will never make up the cost.
We were at a RV Campground in Farmington Utah and a group of farmers surrounded us with their RVs. Nice folks.
All had Cummins/allison conversions in their flatbed tow vehicles and were really happy with them. I should have snapped some pics.
I have there electronics in my k30 with a mechanical Cummins and a 5-speed Works pretty good. Real good people to deal with. Only problem with a Allison conversion is the cost. My 4l80e shifted better but after two broken input shafts that was enough. I would like to upgrade to the 6 speed but after I got 16–17mpg I think it likes it where it is. I have thought about taking the nv4500 out of my bus and doing a 5-speed Allison in it.
valve body and computerI think you can convert a 5 speed into a 6 speed. Not sure how they do that though
They came that way in Canada for awhile and had the Cat option as well.There is no way in hell I would put an Allison in a Ford or Cummins.
What floored me was it was a dealer installed conversion special. The engines had about 1/2" clearance from both the radiator and firewall. Some really old flatbed farm trucks too. Harvest was over, they hooked up the 5th wheels and took their families to camp in Farmington Utah. Nice folk. They brought us corn and other veggies and explained how becoming a Mormon was the way to roll.People do some strange shit man
What floored me was it was a dealer installed conversion special. The engines had about 1/2" clearance from both the radiator and firewall. Some really old flatbed farm trucks too. Harvest was over, they hooked up the 5th wheels and took their families to camp in Farmington Utah. Nice folk. They brought us corn and other veggies and explained how becoming a Mormon was the way to roll.
$10k-$15k???
It’s not like an Allison is made of magic pixie dust...it’s a medium-duty tranny.
Seems it’s miles cheaper just to build-up the tranny you have.
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It makes way more sense to build the one you have. Plus in high HP diesels the Allison is a major issue, it has to perform 2 functions to make a shift when other trans make one.