ive got a t56 behind a 2piece rear main seal motor. now to make this work i had to get the flywheel from CENTERFORCE and the freaking thing is HEAVY!
i wanna get rid of it.
my question is can i put a, oh say 87 1 piece rear main seal motor in it and then get away with using a standard lt1 t56 flywheel?

dont get me wrong it works good. but man i have to be losing alot of power having to spin that thing!.

thanks

 

a 87 or later motor with a one piece rear main seal will work exactly the same as an lt1

the t56 wont know the difference

 

True, I am using the stocker in my third gen. Not exactly "light" though.

Zach

 

you can buy lighter flywheels

 

Yes, the LT1 flywheel will fit a normal gen 1 1 piece rear engine. My car has that.

 

Hi,
i'm thinking about the T-56 swap for my Camaro... what speed do u guys have at 2000RPM or 2500RPM on 6th gear?? let me know of the differential u have in the car.

 

PonyEtrZ28:
Man, I remember that centerforce flywheel...my first setup was a old style 2pc block and I had to go with it as well. That dude is heavy, but its billet steel. I always cringed when shifting around 66-6800 My second engine was an 86 one piece block and a lt-1 flywheel bolted right up. Course, with the mcleod twin disc it made it just as heavy

Unix:
With 28" tall tires on the rear and 4.56's- I tached right around 2000 or little more at 75mph in 6th.

 

Fidanza offers a flywheel for T56 retrofits on two-piece rear main seal applications. You can order it through thunder racing. Mine weighs only fourteen pounds and I can pick it up with one hand. I love this flywheel, it's perfect behind my 385, and it worked fine behind my old 305 as well.