tremec T-56 vs T600

[RICK LAKE]

charlandk Kevin If you are going to abuse this car a little, I think the Richmond super street is the answer. Same width as a top loader. Trans mount needs to be moved 1" back to fit. Couple of 1 gears to choise from and 2 different overdrive gears too. You can also get a custom Mustang handle to look like the orginial setup. Unless you blue print the other 2, neither would be my first choise. Remember you get what you pay for. Richmond is about $800.00 more but is better engineered trans to start. Rick L.

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Originally Posted by RICK LAKE

charlandk Kevin If you are going to abuse this car a little, I think the Richmond super street is the answer. Same width as a top loader. Trans mount needs to be moved 1" back to fit. Couple of 1 gears to choise from and 2 different overdrive gears too. You can also get a custom Mustang handle to look like the orginial setup. Unless you blue print the other 2, neither would be my first choise. Remember you get what you pay for. Richmond is about $800.00 more but is better engineered trans to start. Rick L.

dunno... I had a Richmond 6 speed (same 1-5 gearsets as the 5 speed) in a 496 power 69 stingray I owned. I completely stripped all the teeth off second gear & idler on a hard 1 to 2 shift. The POS weak Dana 36 even held up where the Richmond failed. Richmond's "Super Street" 5 speed is also rated at 600 lb ft.

[RICK LAKE]

Undy who sold you that bill of GOODS?? I have a 6 spd richmond When they first came out, in 1 or 2 info packet it said that this trans has a MAX RATING of 450 ft pounds of torque and 450 HP. This was max. If you push the trans beyond this limit, shifting could be a problem. My 452 made 448ft of torque. Richmond said I was right at the limit. This also was to be normal driving, NO SLICKS or AUTO CROSS tires with under a 200 thread rating. The only savings grace was the weight of the car and not hole shotting it. I was also looking for a trans with overdrive and 1/4 mile gearing. Problem is 3.25 first gear is too tall and never used unless pulling trees out of the ground. With 3.31 gears, there is too much of a drop between 1-2 shift. I asked G-Force if they blueprinted this 6 spd, answer was no because they where going to make there own 5 spd that would take 750/750 torque/ HP. I ended up buying a G-Force due to the trans shifting problem with the centerforce clutch issue. I am going to buy a super street 5 speed for the 498 motor. Will also be dropping the rearend ratio to 3.07 with 30 spline axles and carrier. Rick L.

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Originally Posted by RICK LAKE

Undy who sold you that bill of GOODS?? I have a 6 spd richmond When they first came out, in 1 or 2 info packet it said that this trans has a MAX RATING of 450 ft pounds of torque and 450 HP. This was max. If you push the trans beyond this limit, shifting could be a problem. My 452 made 448ft of torque. Richmond said I was right at the limit. This also was to be normal driving, NO SLICKS or AUTO CROSS tires with under a 200 thread rating. The only savings grace was the weight of the car and not hole shotting it. I was also looking for a trans with overdrive and 1/4 mile gearing. Problem is 3.25 first gear is too tall and never used unless pulling trees out of the ground. With 3.31 gears, there is too much of a drop between 1-2 shift. I asked G-Force if they blueprinted this 6 spd, answer was no because they where going to make there own 5 spd that would take 750/750 torque/ HP. I ended up buying a G-Force due to the trans shifting problem with the centerforce clutch issue. I am going to buy a super street 5 speed for the 498 motor. Will also be dropping the rearend ratio to 3.07 with 30 spline axles and carrier. Rick L.

I think at the time 450 lb ft was all that was available out there for an across-the-counter tranny. I do remember that their Road race 5 speed was rated about the same. No super street then. I think the TKO competition finally got them to beef things up.

I do know I was pissed when it happened. I didn't even hit it with the 300hp fogger shot I had on the car too. That would have splattered the whole drivetrain.