ok peeps please help me with this. i figure4d i could easily find my answers if i searched but i didnt. im looking at a lt1 t56 and i hear it will bolt to my sbc 305? my car has a t5 in it now so it the lt1 t56 bolts to my 305 what will i need? hydraulics, cross member? bell housing maybe?

 

Have you read any of the "stickies" at the top of the page yet?

 

do you mean the ones in this forum? i didnt sit down and read every post no. let me guess my answers are in one of the stickies? could you maybe point out which one for me please.

 

Look at ones with "T-56" in the title.


There's a "sticky" on this forum, and there's a thread on the FAQ forum as well. A search of this forum for "T-56" in the title will turn up dozens more.

 

I have a 1995 F-body T56 behind a 1986 L69 305.

Regarding the transmission side of the engine, everything is the same on 1986-2003 production Gen I small blocks AND Gen II LT1 / LT4. There's nothing different.

However, the 94-02 F-body ratios are a poor match for a 305.

Read the Sticky (it covers the 93-97 T56 into third-gen from virtually all angles) and check back in this thread or hit me up if you need anything.

 

thanks jmd. looks like i basically need everything i would for a ls1 t56, but itll bolt to my 305. and ya i bet they are poor ratios but i need a new trans, but on the bright side my rear end is 3.08 ratio... for some reason.

 

Never occurred to me to look on that as "the bright side"; but hey, it could be a 2.73 or something, I guess... in the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed are kings...

You will HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE tha tgear with a T-56. Compared to a T-5, just swapping a T-56 in there will feel like you are taking off in 3rd gear. LITERALLY. Go take off in 3rd acoupla times to get the feel of it.

I just have the weeeeeeeenie stock gears in my car, 3.73s; and with the T-56, it feels like it REALLY could use some more gear. Maybe not ALOT more, but definitely, more. 4.10s maybe, 4.56 would prolly be too much. I can't begin to even imagine what a bummer 3.08s would be. Prolly tempt me to open my veins on the spot. Or put some real gears in. One of the two.

 

straight to the point lol. thanks for your input, but you are right it would suck.