RockyRider13
1/2 ton status
What are the tranny options for a caprice with around 300 hp? Would a WC T5 handle this much? t56 is kinda pricy, and I would like overdrive. Any experience/opinions with this?
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Blaze
1/2 ton status
A Tremec T5 would handle it, also. 300 hp is nothing for a Tremec.
RockyRider13
1/2 ton status
Don't the F-body guys have a lot of problems with breaking t5's? Gm didn't put a T5 behind a 350.
Z3PR
Banned
I'm assuming you're talking about a rear wheel drive vechile. If so, think LINCO !!! Then again a Richman 6 speed would be really kewl. /forums/images/graemlins/thumb.gif
DesertDueler
1/2 ton status
T5s have problems when they get older with the case getting chewed up, but thats what happens when metal eats into thin aluminum. If you find a good case and rebuild it before something goes bad, they usually hold up. I have gotten T5s to hold up is 10 and 11 second mustangs.
Dan
Dan
RockyRider13
1/2 ton status
Is this the stock T5 that came in cameros, stangs, and s-10s, or the WC t5?
DesertDueler
1/2 ton status
stock t5 is what came in the production vehicles. A WCt5 is an upgrade, but is more $$. If you are buying new then go WCt5, if you were going for sheap, then just use the t5.
Dan
Dan
RockyRider13
1/2 ton status
was it the normal t5 that was able to survive 11's?
chevyracing
1/2 ton status
Not very long, the stock T-5 is set up to take about 200 HP and 190 LBS of torque. The case flexes too much under major power and grenades itself.
John
John
Blaze
1/2 ton status
The T-5 that was in the Firebirds and Camaros was a Borg Warner T-5, and it would lunch itself over anything bigger than a 305. The Tremec and WC T-5s are the way to go. The Tremecs can be found in Mustangs(I think) and they can be retrofitted into most musclecars.
DesertDueler
1/2 ton status
In mustang they do, but cant tell you will all the extra weight of your car. Remember mustangs are really light. Most are under 3,000 pounds. Tremecs were found stock in some mustangs, and thats the t5 I was talking about since like I said I have only realy delt with fords in the 5 speeds.
Dan
Dan
Z3PR
Banned
Blaze
1/2 ton status
Dan, I really didn't think Mustangs were all that light. I have a few friends that are really into Mustangs and they told me that they were as heavy as my Firebird. They had that CarCraft article where the Foxbody weighed as much as the 70 Nova.
DesertDueler
1/2 ton status
They are light from the factory, and are even easier to lighten. Most are under 3,000 lbs after lghtening them. I think a stock mustang is still only 3200 lbs at most. GTs are the heaviest because of the ground effects. Get a 5.0 mustang LX coupe. Most of them after you strip them of all the extra junk get down to almost 2,700 lbs.
Dan
Dan
Z3PR
Banned
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They are light from the factory, and are even easier to lighten. Most are under 3,000 lbs after lghtening them. I think a stock mustang is still only 3200 lbs at most. GTs are the heaviest because of the ground effects. Get a 5.0 mustang LX coupe. Most of them after you strip them of all the extra junk get down to almost 2,700 lbs.
Dan
[/ QUOTE ] A friend has a 89 5.0 LX Stang convertable. That thing has been stripped of excess wieght, and the motor has been majorly beefed. Tranny beefed, and lower gears. I'm not a Furd fan, but that is a fun car to drive.
They are light from the factory, and are even easier to lighten. Most are under 3,000 lbs after lghtening them. I think a stock mustang is still only 3200 lbs at most. GTs are the heaviest because of the ground effects. Get a 5.0 mustang LX coupe. Most of them after you strip them of all the extra junk get down to almost 2,700 lbs.
Dan
[/ QUOTE ] A friend has a 89 5.0 LX Stang convertable. That thing has been stripped of excess wieght, and the motor has been majorly beefed. Tranny beefed, and lower gears. I'm not a Furd fan, but that is a fun car to drive.
RockyRider13
1/2 ton status
How about the Nv3550 from s-10's, 1/2 tons and TJ's?
