If geared properly, a T56 should be as efffective as any other tranny at getting a good launch shouldn't it? Six speeds are just very foreign to me.

Yep, its got four forward gears like any other manual trans, but it has two overdrives. Its first gear is 2.66. A T5 is either 2.75 or 2.95, depending on what engine it came with.

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1991 Camaro Z28
5.7L 5-Speed (originally 305)
317 RWHP, 418 RWTQ
13.23 @ 107.62 MPH (2.10 60')
Southern California
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Tremec sells T56s with different ratios. They offer the 2.66, 2.9X, and 3.36 first gears. The 3.36 would really help get a car off the line compared to the T5 with 2.95 first. Tremec only rates the 3.36 T56 at 350 ft. lbs.

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84 Z28 L69. 5 speed with 3.73 posi (broken)Ported heads, intake, 10:1 comp. 230/230 .480 lift cam @.050" w/108 LSA

Triumph Spitfire SCCA roadracer. 1.1 liter 4cyl w/ 14:1 comp.
turns on rails!

Just get 3.73, 3.89, or 4.10 rear and you won't have to worry about it being hard to launch.

Get a good Clutch, 3.73 gears, and 2 weeks of practice. and you will be right there, I could launch my T-56 like a bat out of hell. but then it went out so now im back to 700r4 but I think i oculd still out launch it.

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91 Z28 5.7l Camaro
T-56,McLeod Street Clutch, Cross Drilled Brakes, KYB's,AFPR, 3.73 Gears, Borla Adjustable Cat Back, Hypertech Chip, Hooker Headers.
more to come....
My 91 Z28