faceplate t56?
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From: liverpool ny
faceplate t56? I am building a turboed 408ci for my third gen firebird and had a lt1 t56 in it before I was looking in to swaping it to an ls style and building it and I was looking at faceplateing it but the car is an all around car not just drag racing I want to be able to do it all with the car such as autocross and and I was reading that you cant really downshift with a faceplate so I wanted to see what your guys opinions were and what other upgrades I could do
It all depends on what you can put up with really. Several members here with faceplated transmissions drive them on the street. I street drive mine all the time and love it. They can be clunky and loud, but they can be downshifted no problem if you drive them right.
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From: liverpool ny
Will it be ok with hard down shifts like going in to a turn ?
The car is a street car but no longer the daily so im finally getting the chance to go all out with it so street manners are not a big concern just want the car to be able to do a little bit of everything and be able to hold its own
The car is a street car but no longer the daily so im finally getting the chance to go all out with it so street manners are not a big concern just want the car to be able to do a little bit of everything and be able to hold its own
I've dd mine since about 07. Down shifting is a breeze you just have to rev match. Here's a cheesy vid I made for some other's that asked about it.
Faceplated t56 shifting:
Faceplated t56 shifting:
