need help with my t5!
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From: san diego, CA
Car: 88 IROC-Z
Engine: fully built 383 stroker
Transmission: Tremec TKO-600
need help with my t5!
i need to know if there is anyway that i can mod my t5 to hold 460lb/ft of torque! can someone please give me any tips on how to make this happen?
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From: watertown, Wi
Car: 1988 camaro
Engine: 350ci
Transmission: t-5
Axle/Gears: 3.42
Joined: Jul 1999
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From: Orange, SoCal
Car: 1990 Pontiac Trans Am
Engine: 355 TPI siamesed runners
Transmission: Tremec T56
Axle/Gears: 12-Bolt 3.73
Yep, either the G-Force T5 kit, or swap in a T56, or dont ever hammer it.
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Joined: Apr 2006
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From: san diego, CA
Car: 88 IROC-Z
Engine: fully built 383 stroker
Transmission: Tremec TKO-600
is that how other people have their trans able to take up to the 600-700lb/ft of torque they say they do? or are they just bull****ting!
Joined: Jul 1999
Posts: 10,950
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From: Orange, SoCal
Car: 1990 Pontiac Trans Am
Engine: 355 TPI siamesed runners
Transmission: Tremec T56
Axle/Gears: 12-Bolt 3.73
Probably BS'ing. I was making over 400 lb/ft of torque at the wheels before I put on the siamesed runners. The car survived serveral drag strip passes on ET Streets until I started running 12's. Then it grenaded third gear on the next pass at the drag strip.