Which t-56 swap article is the best most complete, detailed article....I am really considering doing this swap and I need to do some serious studying before I do it..

I thought that the Skulte one was the best and most accurate. It can be found at www.skulte.com. I printed out every one I could find before I did my swap, and his was by far the best. If you have any questions please feel free to PM me about the swap. It is one of the best things you'll ever do to your car.

Take a look at my write-up.
www.cardomain.com/id/sixspeedinstall

MXFreek125@hotmail.com if you have any questions.

-Corey

when comparing a 5speed and 6speed is there a different gap between gears in the 6speed
or is it just gives you a higher gear to use on the highway?

5gears is cool, but 6 for better highway driver would be sweet, but i still believe in the (more go, less shift moto)
are they identical plus 1 or proportioned differently?

and heres another one thats driving my crazy, the gear ratio in the rear end that i'd refer to say like 3.73 or 3.32, etc, does this determine how far a gear will max out?
ex: 1st will go so far, 2nd futher, 3even further, etc, that ratio?

also, which gets better gas milage, the one that maxs out rpms with full power and minimum speed,
or the one that that gives me more speed throughout the gears?

www.drivetrain.com/gmt56inst.html

good details, try it.

The T56, which everone is talking about actually has two overdrive gears. 5th gear is the first overdrive and 6th is the second. It's a highway cruising delight. I turn 1,950 RPM at 80MPH with 3.73 gears.

The gear ratios (3.73, 3.23, ect) should rally be expressed as 3.73:1, ect. The reason is that the ratio denotes how many times the driveshaft will spin for each revolution of the tires. A higher, numerically, ratio gives the engine better leverage and applies more torque to the wheels. This means quicker acceleration, but it also means that the engine RPM is greater at highway speeds and the gas mileage, obviously, will be worse. Lower gears have the exact opposite effects.

What determines MPH maximum for a given gear is the engines maximum RPM. First, you need to know the overall gear ratio, which is the ratio of the speed gear times the rear end ratio (i.e. 3.06:1 first gear x 3.23:1 rear gear). Then you need to know the diameter of the tires. Then there is a formula to determine the max MPH achieveable in a given gear with a given RPM ceiling.

TKO,

excelent explanation, and all i now have to do is weigh the price of the T-56 accordingly to how much it will save me in gas, how much more reliable and longer it will last, and how much more fun it is

thx