Alright so here's the story i picked up a lt1 t56 last season from 95 z28 with 350,000km all highway (so in miles 200,000 maybe???) The car was owned by an older gentleman and he drove it as his dd and the maintance records were meticulous. I was going to throw in a rebuild kit but ran low in funds and well im going to be swapping it into my 94 formula in the next month or two. The trans is clean and shifts through all the gears freely. I feel good that its going to run good for me but i just want your opinions or thought that i can check out before i put it in. I relize to know for sure i would have to pull it apart and such but like i said from it being in my garage it shifts through the gears real nice no drag or anything.

What do you guys/gals think?

Matt.

 

I would run it as is; it's not that hard to pull it if it needs repairs. I have 153,000 miles on my original 1995 T56 that has seen both drag racing and road racing. Still going strong.

 

And to think the previous owner of my car completely destoryed mine by 30k....what the hell he did to it I do not know.

 

Buy a shifter with adjustable stops (like a Pro 5.0), make sure to adjust them correctly, and keep the power under 500hp, and it'll last a long time.

Without the adjustable stops, the likelihood that you'll break something is considerably higher. The slider keys and 3-4 shift fork tend to be the first to go. A good rebuild will replace both of those with steel instead of aluminum.

350,000 kilometers is about 217,480 miles.

 

My rebuild has steel forks, and I have a hurst shifter (not the ****ty stock one) w/ no stops. Do you think I am fine since I have the steel forks?

 

You're better off than without the steel forks, but you're still risking your slider keys (unless your rebuild replaced those with the billet ones, too). If you have the $150 to spend on a Pro 5.0, I would spend it. It's better than the Hurst anyway.

FYI, every rebuild kit sold by SixSpeedsInc (formerly T56Rebuilds) comes with both a steel 3-4 fork and billet slider keys. Did you get your rebuild from them?

 

i bought a pro 5.0 already funny you mention it but by the sounds of things you say that having a better shifter with adjustable stops will help the life of the trans?

 

Not really the life. Not exactly.

In most cases, a broken slider key or a bent shift fork is something you can just replace. It generally won't frag the rest of the trans, and so I would argue that the trans's life has not ended.

A shifter with adjustable stops will just save you time and money in the long run. Plus, the Pro 5.0 is sweet.