Depends on weight of the car, clutch and tires. The T56 can take a beating as long as the owner has never ground the gears and maintained it.
You are right but the stock gear set is only good to about 450-500hp, after that your looking at a weak link. Im a firm believer in driving it til it breaks but I hate changing trannys and having my racecar down. BTW I broke a stripped 3 gears and bent my shift rail and I never got traction, but i did yank the shit out of the gears
No need to be a smart ass bro, Ive got some experience in this area and im just trying to give you advice. I dont wanna see you break shit for no reason, it happened to me cus i was too lazy to do it right the first time.
I think its my thread and if i want to joke or be a smart ass I can. Try to lighten up. Both of my projects are going to get running and then parked. I have been unemployed since november. So after I get them mobile. I will be joining the military then I can afford to put a good rear and a viper trans in it. Unless of course you want to buy the items for me. Then I would be internally greatful
But since I have built a few cars that exceeded the input rating of these trans by 2 and 3 times the amount and they are still together to this day. I think I can decide on what I want to do with my project.
This car made 734 horse at the wheels with a stock trans and clutch.
Oh then he drove it home to arkansas after I finished with it.
This car made 400 horse and 460 torque at the wheels. With a stock 1965 3 speed saginaw. And it was my daily driver til i sold it.
This was a 4.3 5 speed truck. I took out the v6 and put in a 454 with aluminum heads. And that was my daily driver til recently. But since I am upgrading it to an 8.1
You are right but the stock gear set is only good to about 450-500hp, after that your looking at a weak link. Im a firm believer in driving it til it breaks but I hate changing trannys and having my racecar down. BTW I broke a stripped 3 gears and bent my shift rail and I never got traction, but i did yank the shit out of the gears
Depends on the life of the trans as i said. My buddies car has a 427ci LSx that makes way more power than you in a heavier car and it still shifts like new. 3rd gear is common to bust and the shift rail bends on folks who usually are hitting gears correctly.
The weight argument it stupid, compare a Warhawk LS motor to a all aluminum BBC, the weight difference is worth it to me with the kazillion more cubes.
I dont need examples of cars who lasted with weak parts, I have a friend who puts 900hp through a stock rear with slicks and has been doing it for years. Things like that happen and sometimes shit lasts but the more shit i break the more i realize that doing things right the first time is always the best idea.
Oh and Ed, what branch of the military are you joining? Im a Marine and trust me, you dont make any money. Joining the military for money is the worst thing you could possibly do, pm me if you wanna know why.
I think its my thread and if i want to joke or be a smart ass I can. Try to lighten up. Both of my projects are going to get running and then parked. I have been unemployed since november. So after I get them mobile. I will be joining the military then I can afford to put a good rear and a viper trans in it. Unless of course you want to buy the items for me. Then I would be internally greatful
But since I have built a few cars that exceeded the input rating of these trans by 2 and 3 times the amount and they are still together to this day. I think I can decide on what I want to do with my project.
This car made 734 horse at the wheels with a stock trans and clutch.
Oh then he drove it home to arkansas after I finished with it.
This car made 400 horse and 460 torque at the wheels. With a stock 1965 3 speed saginaw. And it was my daily driver til i sold it.
That car in the first vid has a Viper tranny, they arent the same by any means. The difference between a Viper T-56 and a LT1 T-56 is drastic, the viper one will hold about 500 more hp.
Okay, fuck you asshole. You know everything dont you? I havent been rude to you til this post, you should learn to chill out and have a casual internet converstaion. I hope your shit blows the fuck up and please dont join the Military, we dont need you!
The weight argument it stupid, compare a Warhawk LS motor to a all aluminum BBC, the weight difference is worth it to me with the kazillion more cubes.
Well, swapped the rear ends. since my car is one of them weird ones that had a six speed and a 3.23 rearend. So now it has a 3.42. And since I have 2 cars with stock exhaust. I am going to do some cutting and pasting and use both systems on my big block. So home made true duals out the back
lol, when I was buying the intake off ebay I had no idea it was from a member here. how cool.
thanks for packing that thing right and shipping it same day :thumbsup:
this is gonna be sick. a camaro with a fuel injected 454 is too cool.
are you planning to use any kind of forced induction??? I had to put my twin turbo build on hold to convert my jalopy to fuel injection. funny thing is I was planning to run about 1000hp through my mildly built th350. I just planned to put crappy tires in the rear so it would spin instead of breaking cos I dont think a th350 would hold 1000hp if the car hooks.
, Ive got some experience in this area and im just trying to give you advice. I dont wanna see you break shit for no reason, it happened to me cus i was too lazy to do it right the first time.
