Who's had successful troublefree swaps for either a T-56 or a Tremec??? Please post short write-up and name of parts suppliers where ya got the stuff. I know I'll have to work with Steve Spohn to get my crossmember worked on but what was easy and what wasn't?

The T-56 .50 OD sounds nice... but I can just as easily go without it if it means waiting on some BS parts for weeks.

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'89 Formula - Thunderchicken - 355 Vette L98/T-5/3.45 9-bolt/black/t-tops - the fun car!
'90 GTA - The GTA - 5.0 LB9/TH700/3.27 9-bolt/black/t-tops/tan leather - the cruiser.

 

See the tech articles! Search this board! This info is all over.

Here's one place to start:
http://www.skulte.com/T56.html


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1991 Camaro Z28
5.7L 5-Speed (originally 305)
13.23 @ 107.62 MPH
Southern California
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The only question I have about my own T-56 swap is why I did not do it sooner. I love it. You can and should run a deep gear, something in the 4.10/4.11 range. I use 5th for around town, but 6th comes in real handy on the highway. The install was not bad. Just make sure you get everything from one donor car. Get the flywheel, clutch and pressure plate, trans, shifter, fork, and clutch slave cylinder. I bought an aftermarket crossmember and except for the two inch floor pan cut you make for the shifter, it is a bolt in project.

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1992 Pontiac Firebird 350/Six Speed
1987 Toyota Pickup 383/500+ HP

 

SO far I'm having a rough time locating a T-56 and the rest of the parts for transplant - that doesn't involve giving up both of my precious nuts. A source I talked to this morning said there's only 4 4th gen wrecks up for salvage in the whole country right now. Where's all the idiot punks when ya need them????
Meanwhile Forte's said they got Tremec's ready to ship out within a day or so.
The T-5 is still working...it's just making enough noise that I know it's about to die any minute, grinding reverse bad and hard to shift, making strange noises and stuff... even with new syncros that have only 7K miles on them. It was fine after I rebuilt it behind the 305 but I guess I got carried away with the 350.

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'89 Formula - Thunderchicken - 355 Vette L98/T-5/3.45 9-bolt/black/t-tops - the fun car!
'90 GTA - The GTA - 5.0 LB9/TH700/3.27 9-bolt/black/t-tops/tan leather - the cruiser.