dquinn

I just bought a 92 Camaro RS with the 305 engine and 5 speed manual tranmission. I just put a new 350 in it with about 450-500hp, used the old transmission and I am sure it's going to blow. I need to know what kind of transmission is in my car so I can look into getting a new one that will fit the same as the old one so I don't have to do a ton of work to get a new one to fit. Also, does anyone know of a good drag racing transmission that would fit without doing a ton of work? I was thinking of a Powerglide.

JamesC

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Welcome to TGO. You have a T-5. You can check out Tremec.

JamesC

quickkris2006

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Power glide is an automatic trans.. isn't it? If u have a t5 I would keep it or go t56 (6 speed) its a lot better on gas and tons of more fun to drive over the automatic

dquinn

Yes the Powerglide is an automatic. I am setting up my Camaro for drag only and wanted to put in an automatic because I wanted to get a better jump off of the line. I was told that with the 450-500 hp I have with my motor that I was going to end up blowing my transmission but I don't know if the transmission shop I talked to was just trying to sell me a transmission. I haven't had a chance to take the car down the track yet. I'm still finishing up a few things, brakes, tires, etc. Maybe I will just wait and see how the trans holds up and then go from there. The T56 (6 speed) does sound like a lot of fun though.

The Devastator

I've got a 454 in my camaro with about 520 ft lbs of torque. I have a wc t5 behind it. It has held up pretty well during its mild street use. I don't shift hard, I'm using a stock organic clutch with a 3000 lb pressure plate, 2.73 gears, open diff, and hard street tires. After I put the new cam in I drove it wide open hard (not power shifting) 3 times and did two burnouts. Now the tranny whines in 3rd and 4th gear and the rear end whines. So drag racing will almost certainly blow up a T5 fairly quick. If you are gonna drive this thing on the street any I would recommend a built TH-400. If you're gonna trailer it then a glide would be better.

Some folks have kept T5s alive behind big motors. But most who drag race them blow em up pretty regular.

dquinn

I just talked to a guy on Friday and he has a built up TH400 for sale and it's pretty cheap. I took the car around the block yesterday and broke the tranmission mount with not even half of the gas pedal so I'm sure the T5 won't hold up too long. Thanks for the info D.