Yeah, I know it's a weak tranny - I bought a 2002 Trooper with a bad tranny and haven't had time to dive into it yet - it's still parked at the shop.

So that 260 limit is just under the 280 ft-lbs output of the stock L67. I wonder what the Bimmer folks have done to improve the 4L30e. Once I have mine apart I guess I'll get a chance to see just how small the clutches and things are. But I'm not intending on ever putting slicks on a VX and taking it down the strip so the abuse shouldn't be as bad. I'm wondering if a shift kit and some higher friction clutches (don't know if Raybestos has any for this trans or not) and a bigger trans cooler will help it live.

I'm mainly interested in keeping the 4L30e just to make for an easier and cheaper swap and to keep the TOD as the TOD seems to be the heart of a VX. I assume the tailshaft of the 4L60e doesn't allow the TOD transfer case to fit?