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Good question, unfortunately I'm not sure as you're really asking an 'electrical' question as opposed to a transmission question and I'm a fish out of water when it comes to electrical!
oh lol. If I find out for sure ill try to report back.
And it wasn't Monster or that spin off guy. Can't think of his name now. But... Dammmit, getting old sucks. You probably know who I'm talking about, but he's a spin off Monster and he's just as bad, maybe even worse cuz his support is even worse when the trans he sells you is a POS and they simply just blame it on you and claim you set the cable wrong so they will not honor any warranty whatsoever.
I believe you're thinking of Mad Dog Transmissions in Atlanta...I believe the owner's name is Lou. I think he used to be at Monster then started his own company(ies). Sounds like he uses the same MO that all the large remanufacturing companies have adopted when it comes to post-purchase customer service (or lack thereof).
Yep, they are all alike in my experience, tearing down their rebuilds.
I watched the video. They missed many upgrades. For 600hp, I would have sleeved the input drum also. Sonnax makes the kit for that too. I believe it's called an input drum reinforcement kit. Usually only needed for higher rpm units. You certainly know much more about the drum interchange than I do and why I prefer not to do hi po 700r4 builds. I'll do my own, but not for anyone else. I am aware of the 87 case. I usually prefer just to get an 88up case. I actually scored 2 OEM 1993 model cores and they were supposed to be good working units. They were a package deal and one of them has a broken piece out of the bellhousing. I figured it would have some good hard parts in it being the last year. I'm not so sure any 700r4 is worth a superbell since those are only needed for very hipo builds that a 700r4 just isn't going to handle so it's an oxymoron to try and save this case unless you dont mind missing a bellhousing bolt to the block bolt. $50 for both 93 cores, was well worth it.
YES YES, it's Lou with Mad Dog and was with Monster at one time. I've heard nothing but BAD about his transmission and support is horrible, even worse than Monster. I tell everyone, ask around and just find you a reputable builder in your town or even someone out of town if you trust them that much. Reason being, when it comes to support or warranty, the shipping alone is a fortune so rather than saving a couple hundred dollars buying from places like Monster, Mad Dog, Trans Depot, Summit, etc etc, where you'd have to pay shipping AGAIN 2 ways for a return, may as well get a local guy to do it.
Ha! They missed building the transmission at all, lol!
I've only read a few positive things about his transmissions and had to search high and low to find them (maybe they were him or friends' accounts posting good things, who knows...) but yes, agree 100% on finding a local, trustworthy and competent builder who will stand behind his or their work...I make mistakes and have had come-backs (very few, relative to most bench builders) but I have always made things right with the customer immediately...Guarantee/warranty work always gets prioritized whenever I do have to do some corrections on a build, regardless of whatever else is going on in the shop.
The 6L80s now have stand-alone controllers on the market for them; up until recently folks' only option was to swap over an entire C3 including the whole harness, PCM, etc to do a swap into an older and/or custom vehicle. Now a few companies are making controllers that are more or less plug-n-play. Those transmissions are very easy to work on and generally very reliable once you fix their problems (most of which are associated w/the converter, pump and 3-5-R drum).
