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[JimLev]

Good info wrp and NAZ.
Other interesting things...
My Connect and Cruise package came with the flex plate mounted to the crank and a set of (too long) bolts for the converter.
The tranny came with a flex plate too (same p/n) and another set of bolts for the flex plate to converter that were shorter.
The short ones were the correct ones to use, the longer bolts would bottom out before they pulled the converter up to the flex plate.

Tony also talked about using a higher stall speed converter, which I did buy.
The stock (4L65E) converter is 2400-2800 RPM, the one I bought (4L70) is 3000-3400. The higher speed is suppose to help braking.
After getting all the wiring connected I see there is a wire to hook to the brake light switch to send 12 volts to the tranny ECM to unlock the converter when you brake......so maybe a higher stall speed converter really isn't needed?
NAZ, you probably know more about this than most of us.
This was my first build using an automatic tranny.