Upgrades / Mods Lil Advice?
TECH Apprentice
Joined: Aug 2004
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From: Buffalo, N.Y.
"No, you will not get a check engine light by simply adding a CAI to your car."
I gotta agree with you on that one, but please note that I didn't say that; it was just a quote lifted from the WS6 web site catalog. My main reason for posting that quote was to point out that there are aftermarket MAF's available with cold air tuning.
"hey guys what about the tranny...? Ive heard really bad things about the LT-1 transmission......."
I'm not trying to put words in your mouth, so please bear with me. I think what you've been hearing is associated with the GM 4L60e 4-speed automatic overdrive tranny. This tranny can be had behind both LT1 & LS1 engines.
If you are not interested in my opinion of this tranny, stop reading now.
The STOCK, OEM GM 4L60e is the worst pile of s#it General Motors ever dared to market as a transmission. I speak here of hi-performance applications. The internals are constructed of cheap-a$$ junk that simply will not stand up to the beatings dished out by high HP/high torque engines, which is what you'll find in Chevrolet Z28 & SS Camaros, and all 5.7 liter permutations of the 4th-Gen Pontiac Firebird.
Fortunately, if you have the money, the 4L60e lends itself to race-prep modifications. There are several racing transmission specialty shops on the internet that can provide you with a 4L60e capable of handling somewhere between 450-550 HP RELIABLY. A good, race-prepped 4L60e is basically a stock 4L60e that has been turned up-side down, had all the OEM s#it internals shaken out of it, and then re-built with internals that are of better design, and vastly stronger materials.
Unless I'm wrong, the other available transmission was the 6-speed manual, which IS a strong OEM unit. From the factory, it's not a perfect transmission (weak 3-4 shift fork, and a few other suspect parts), but it's about as good an OEM manual as can be had.
The T-56 was designed by Borg Warner for the Dodge Viper. Both GM & Ford knew a good thing when they it, and the Borg Warner-designed tranny found its way into,both manufacturers' vehicles. There are aftermarket racing tranny specialty shops that build Tremecs to handle insane amounts of torque and horsepower. With improvements such as 30-spline output shafts, carbon fiber synchronizer rings, H/D bearings, steel 3-4 shift forks, unbreakable moly-steel output shafts, and blueprinted/race shimmed options available, you could probably hook one up to a Kenworth and not hurt it.
I've owned one OEM 4L60e-powered hi-performance car. That was enough for me. Unless you want to dole out the cash for a race-prepped 4L60e (and even the strongest of them won't even approach a bullet-proof Tremec), the M6 Tremec is the way to go.
I gotta agree with you on that one, but please note that I didn't say that; it was just a quote lifted from the WS6 web site catalog. My main reason for posting that quote was to point out that there are aftermarket MAF's available with cold air tuning.
"hey guys what about the tranny...? Ive heard really bad things about the LT-1 transmission......."
I'm not trying to put words in your mouth, so please bear with me. I think what you've been hearing is associated with the GM 4L60e 4-speed automatic overdrive tranny. This tranny can be had behind both LT1 & LS1 engines.
If you are not interested in my opinion of this tranny, stop reading now.
The STOCK, OEM GM 4L60e is the worst pile of s#it General Motors ever dared to market as a transmission. I speak here of hi-performance applications. The internals are constructed of cheap-a$$ junk that simply will not stand up to the beatings dished out by high HP/high torque engines, which is what you'll find in Chevrolet Z28 & SS Camaros, and all 5.7 liter permutations of the 4th-Gen Pontiac Firebird.
Fortunately, if you have the money, the 4L60e lends itself to race-prep modifications. There are several racing transmission specialty shops on the internet that can provide you with a 4L60e capable of handling somewhere between 450-550 HP RELIABLY. A good, race-prepped 4L60e is basically a stock 4L60e that has been turned up-side down, had all the OEM s#it internals shaken out of it, and then re-built with internals that are of better design, and vastly stronger materials.
Unless I'm wrong, the other available transmission was the 6-speed manual, which IS a strong OEM unit. From the factory, it's not a perfect transmission (weak 3-4 shift fork, and a few other suspect parts), but it's about as good an OEM manual as can be had.
The T-56 was designed by Borg Warner for the Dodge Viper. Both GM & Ford knew a good thing when they it, and the Borg Warner-designed tranny found its way into,both manufacturers' vehicles. There are aftermarket racing tranny specialty shops that build Tremecs to handle insane amounts of torque and horsepower. With improvements such as 30-spline output shafts, carbon fiber synchronizer rings, H/D bearings, steel 3-4 shift forks, unbreakable moly-steel output shafts, and blueprinted/race shimmed options available, you could probably hook one up to a Kenworth and not hurt it.
I've owned one OEM 4L60e-powered hi-performance car. That was enough for me. Unless you want to dole out the cash for a race-prepped 4L60e (and even the strongest of them won't even approach a bullet-proof Tremec), the M6 Tremec is the way to go.
