Hello.
I just bought a 86 transam with a 5 speed tranny. It had a 305 in it with bad piston rings. I drove it for like 4 days, then had a motor shop drop in a 350(not sure hp rating, has torqer heads, not sure the other spec) It was a crate 350. But now when i drive it sometimes, when i am hallin *** from a light. When i go to shift from 2nd to 3rd the tranny smokes a lil bit out of the shifter boot. What can cause that? Shifting too late? Too much HP for tranny? Tranny needs rebuild?

 

I doubt it's the trans, unless it doesn't have any oil in it. I think it's coming from your engine and blowing on the exhaust at high rpm.

 

it's probably from the clutch

 

what do you mean from the clutch? they said it had plenty of meat on it. Also i am new at driving a stick......hehe Any advice on how to make it not do this. What happens if you go from second to 5th? maybe i didnt hit 3rd right, maybe rev'd to high?

 

next time it happens give it a good wiff to see what it smells like, exhaust? burnt clutch disc? thatll be a dead give away. i also have a problem where for some reason it gets really warm around my shifter, and alot of hot air blowing from it. but the only thing i know about my situation is that its not the trans because its an automatic, so i know im not burnin clutch.

 

Check the boot for installation problem, tears, etc.

JamesC

 

well mines is an automatic so i dont have a boot

 

it's more likely that it's too much horsepower for the clutch... or you REALLY suck at driving a stick. I couldn't imagine smoke coming out of a transmission. You're the only one who can really tell where the smoke is coming from, like gurkgurkgurk said, by how it smells.