6R80 Transmission swap

[Madd4mercs]

Greetings to all at LVC,

Sadly, my 97 MK VIII needs transmission work as it has begun to slip between gears. At 244,000 miles, I am not complaining. Since the tranny in my VIII needs work anyway, now would be a good time to upgrade to a newer transmission if the swap is fairly straight forward. I am thinking that a 2009 ford f150 4x2 with the 4.6 3v should be a direct fit between engine and transmission (same flywheel teeth number?) with a drive-shaft length issue and computer control issue being the biggest challenges. Has anyone successfully swapped in a newer Ford automatic 6 speed 6R80 transmission into their MK VIII? If yes, could you please provide some information. Thanks

 

[driller]

The computer control issue would be the biggest hurdle in my opinion. It would likely require a stand-alone controller?

You may want to consider a built 4R70W with a GearVendor overdrive unit matched to a suitable differential ratio which would effectively give you 8 speeds.

 

[chris2523]

they make a control module, its called the PCM already in the F150.

rip all the wiring and ECM and TCMs and whatever out of a wrecked F150 and go to town swapping stuff!

how hard can it be?