Hey guys, been reading this thread all day but it’s been more of just quickly glancing over it. Prepare for a long post below.
As i said pretty much a year ago now, i have a 4.7L id like to do this on. My RFE is going out (torque converter clutch is pulsating, trans is just not happy in general) and i’m not going to be wasting 2K on another RFE.
I’ve spent the past 4 months researching as much as possible on this swap - i forget if my truck has the brown or white plug. It is a 2013 so i would suspect a brown plug. The 4.7L is fully compatible with the 5.7L 8HP70 flexplate, and i know the 65RFE engine/trans intermediate plate is the same of that used on the 8HP70 along with the dust shield. Torque converter stud should also fit into the 4.7L as both 4.7 and 5.7 shared the exact same transmissions.
I have noticed in AlfaOBD, in the BCM, that I have the options to change which type of transmission i have along with what type of electronic shifter i’m using. There’s a few different transmission types (i think 65RFE, 66RFE, 68RFE, Nag1, ZF 8-Speed and one other.) Reading this thread over again i see that if you have the brown plug PCM you don’t need the kit from SGA and can just run factory transmission wiring into the dash/tranny? I haven’t torn my dash apart and do not know if i have wiring for the 8HP shifter. I’m going to go and check my PCM and make sure it’s a brown plug after this post though.
Can you use the OEM 8HP trans mount? Id like to go down that route instead of butchering together something. I know it needs a 2 piece driveshaft as well. I have 500$ saved up at the moment and I am going to begin buying all the smaller parts now as i need to have the truck ready with the 8HP by mid next year.