ok guys i have a 83 Camaro Z28...i just finished rebuildin my engine...and i have a T5 behind it...

so can i do 2 make my tranny stronger so it can hold up 2 my 350...my engine has a mild cam and dished postons that's it...

i wana make my tranny stronger cuz i wouldn't want it 2 go out wen i drive it...

I DO NOT WANA PUT A T54 IN IT!!!...

plz help...

 

could always try to search a bit, this is covered thousands of times.

your only options are very expensive, and it would be cheaper to use a t56.

Use a stock replacement clutch, and dont powershift the thing or dump the clutch at high rpms and it will do just fine.

Dished pistons arent helping make power, why not keep the flat tops?, and "mild cam" is meaningless as far as power potential.

 

ok thanks...

and i replaced the clutch already...

would it help if i rebuilt the tranny with differentgear ratio/ bigger gears or sumthin?...

 

The weak point of the T5 is the case.

 

o ok..

so if i rebuilt it it wouldn't help me out bcuz i still have a chance of the case goin out on me correct?....

 

the case doesn't "fail", it flexes, which causes the gears to misaligned and shred.

Gforce makes a beefier case, which some people have use with good results. Or you can get a completely built t5 from them at the mere cost of a little over 2k.

a rebuild wouldn't hurt on a 20 year old trans, but like i said before, iof you dont abuse the trans it will be fine. Just because you are bolting a 350 to it doesnt mean its going to just blow up instantly.

 

it stretches,(weak)plus input shaft is smaller. I'm doin the same thing.I got a older 350(not out of a camaro)its a dirt track motor,,300 hrs heads highrise 750dbl pumper etc.. anyway im going to put it in there & take it easy til i can afford the t56..thats the only thing that makes sense,unless u want 2 put a automatic in it..GOOD LUCK!! it wont be cheap,, I remember a saying off the movie "Mad Max''.. it goes.."SPEED IS A QUESTION OF MONEY,,HOW FAST DO YOU WANNA GO''!!?? .....

 

o ok thanks...i understand now...

in this case i might look into gettin t54...but I'm gona look and c if i can get a different case...

but is there a way of makinan electric speedo tranny work with an mech cable driven speedo?...

 

Depends on the transmission.

"Electric" and "mechanical" are not properties of the "transmission", as such; much like, "oil brand" is not a property of "engine". You put in whichever you want.

Not sure about "T54"; never heard of that. But a T-5, you just take the electric sender thing out, and put a cable-drive "bullet" in, with the right gear. Go here http://www.transmissioncenter.net/sp...____va.htm#350 for info.

 

lol...o man sorry i meant t56...

 

thanks 4 the link i might just get the t56 later on down the road......

 

A mech speedo in a T-56 is an entirely different matter. Not near as simple as in a T-5.

But yeah, I highly recommend getting one, regardless. After tearing up I lost count of how many T-5s in my car (about a half-dozen cores and probably 15-18 "rebuilds") I finally put a T-56 in it, and wish I'd done it at least a decade earlier.