t56 on a v6
The Buick guys will tell you 9,999,999,999 times that it's a waste of time because of difficulty staying in boost and other "lack of valid reason do the swap" reasons. I am not a turbo guy (yet) so I'll just say that the power curve of the 3.8 T in the 80's models is best suited to a good auto w/ appropriate stall converter.
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yeah i hear what you guys are saying but thats what he wants and to be honset a 6spd gn would be nice but the reason i asked about the t56 vs the t5 is the car just over 400 whp so the v6 camaro t5 isnt going to hold that power
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im wondering if it would be cheaper to buy and upgrade a t5 or use a stock t56 but then have to get a custom input shaft or can he use the the t5 bell housing and input shaft?
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Building a T-% is a giant waste of money. Really the only thing that can help the T-5 is billet syncros and some other billet parts. There is a company on here that did a swap on 3.8 turbo Camaro. Very sweet. I am in the process of doing the same, but not using the t T_5 Housing.
Building a T-% is a giant waste of money. Really the only thing that can help the T-5 is billet syncros and some other billet parts. There is a company on here that did a swap on 3.8 turbo Camaro. Very sweet. I am in the process of doing the same, but not using the t T_5 Housing.
If you want to build a pretty stout T5 , you will need to use after market gears such as the ones offered through G Force or preferrably the A5 kit offered through Astro Performance (which are not available right now) . Other items to use would be a billet cluster gear support plate and even better , to use a G Force replacement heavy duty main case . With that said , the cost of building a unit like this is about $2500.00 so its more cost effective to go with a used T56 or maybe even a Tremec TKO series 5 speed .
