T-56 Swap
 

I don't have a car a the moment but i am planning on buying a third gen, and dropping in a built 383 in. I know that the T5 wont hold up for very long, and i was wondering if anybody knows some places where you can buy the things to do the swap. Thanx

swap meet.lol

many junk yards have them

Yeah idk i heard there are some places where you can get the complete trans to drop right in (shifter, crossmember, etc.) ill find something

haven't seen anything myself, but to buy a kit will be expensive and doing the crossmember is extremely easy all the parts would be on a junkyard car

alfight that's prolly what ill do, thanks

Here is a tech page T-56 swap

and here is a F-body site that has all kinds of parts for the swap. they have the motor mounts and engine mounts for LS1-LT1 and T-56.

F-body parts

Thanks camarocam thats good info
Anybody ever used or heard of Billy Graham's Camaro/firebid salvage

nope, i showed them and it was new to them, but like eveyrone thought, they dont have much listed or much info.gonna have to call them up and ask prolly

Good luck on it keep updated I want to do it to my 84 but I am only 17 with a part-time job!!

haha, yeah im only 16, i found a place where i can bould up a t5 into a bad *** tranny. it makes it clutch asisted, so when shifting you only need to let of the gas and slam the gear, no clutch needed. it can handle 600 hp, where the T-56 can only hold like 450, and its cheaper and easier. i'll find the link

Thats cool post the link I would like to take a look

its www.g-forcetransmissions.com

That was me that posted the link, i was just at niceroc's house

ok, maybe he was logged in at my house, but anyways that was my post of the link

:nuts: :weirdthre lol j/k

opps

i know Spohn makes a T-56 direct replacement for the T-5. Like 2Gs tho wish i had the cash. Oh well sometime down the road.

its closer to 3 with all the crossmemebers and other stuff u need

There ya go i didnt even really research it yet (hopefully wont have to for a while) knock on wood

haha really, i think it is just better to rebuild the t5 tho. A t-56 is a ton of money, and it still isnt as strong as you could make a t5. As you can see i have completely changed my mind, but there is a kit on that site that will make a t5 hold 600hp for a little over a grand and its easier to install than a t-56

I think I am going to try and find a T-5 and rebuild it a little stonger than stock and put it in when I put my 350 in cause I really want a manual!!!

if you want to add a 6th just use a gear vendors overdrive, stronger than the t56 plus you get 5 od speeds

Id like to see a kit do that, link me my friend. Has to be too good to be true.

yeah, im not sure, i emailed the company to get the low down, haha, but i havent recieved a reply,

i posted that link on the page before this www.g-forcetransmissions.com

So what does the * mean in this quote? "True Bolt-in synchronized replacement gearsets capable of handling up to 600 streetable * horsepower"

thats a good question, im still waiting for a reply from the company, because i sent an email

im not sure, but dog rings make it a clutchless or clutch assisted transmission, right? this is my main question for the company, call me stupid, but i cant find information about it and i don't know

engine hp maybe?

maybe?

Well that "maybe" is enough of a factor for me not to buy it before they clear that up.

yeah, i know, im waiting for a reply, i hink i gonna call them cause there email ain't working so good, but i also need to get a car first, lol

not 100% sure, but i think the * means it depends on other things like clutch and tires here

"G-Force T-5 kit will handle roughly 600 hp or 500 ft-lb. or torque in a 3300 lb. vehicle running drag radials at the track with a moderate clutch upgrade. Obviously this is just a rough estimate regarding the power and torque handling capability, but it should give some idea as to what the G-Force T-5 kit will handle in your particular application. "

http://www.g-forcetransmissions.com/t5_popup_gears.asp

I bet those are just a little bit stronger, haha