The differences between the 700R4 and 4L60E transmissions come from their design and used dates. The 700R4 was used earlier and is mechanically controlled.

General Motors' 4L60-E automatic transmission is one of the most popular transmissions ever built. It was initially designed to replace and modernize GM's older Turbo 700R4 — also known as the ...

Approaching four decades ago, automakers were scrambling for solutions to fuel economy woes, and GM was no exception. Computer-controlled carburetors and the birth of electronic throttle body fuel ...

Modern GM transmissions can be more than a little tricky with all the wiring and tuning involved, but nobody said it needed to be that way. If only there were a little computer you could slap on your ...

Using our normal bull-in-a-china-shop approach, we were able to get the wrong transmission behind an engine that it wasn’t designed for. Of course, we didn’t know that at the time, and built the ...

The 4L60E and 4L80E are two of General Motors’ most discussed automatic transmissions, and the choice between them shapes how a truck, SUV, or LS swap behaves on the street and under heavy load. Both ...

There was a time in the not so distant past that if you said "it's an automatic" the competition began to salivate at picking on the wimpy kid in the schoolyard. Those days are long behind us as ...