the carbotenics is very quiet and according to some friends it's a better diff.

well today i got the solution to all my transmission problems(hopefully)..

a freshly rebuilt T56 from a 05 GTO



i'm going to start the convertion next week..

 

Good deal, did you get a shifter with the trans?
You still had the stock diff too? I've been usung a S4-T2 clutch diff for 6-7 years and never had a problem. You will be happy with the Carbonetics also a few EVO's are running them here and like them.

I may be keeping my car now.

 

no shifter.. what do you use after market or stock? the carbonetics diff feels good i like it so far.. i've been thinking about switching to e85 lately

I'm glad that you're thinking about keeping your car and thanks for all the transmission tips

 

I used a stock one. I shortened the shaft welded on a bolt with the correct thread for the ball I used. Feels good and a nice short through. There is the Billet Products one that looks nice but expensive. I've heard the B&M one breaks, and the Hurst one needs a stock one for parts.

Other t-56 shifters will not work without changing the cup in the transmission to a camaro one.
Doing that would move the stick forward about 2". The GTO's is about 1/4" to 3/8" father back than stock.

 

Stock one on ebay for sale in Orlando.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/04-06...Q5fAccessories

 

thanks again buddy i'm going to see if i can pick this up today.. let me get this straight because i'm planning on dropping off the bell housing or tomorrow so i can get this going.. you want me to mill down 1/4 inch off the bell housing on the transmission side right?

 

On a totally different topic, how did you attach the DGRR banner to your sig?

 

^ I nominate this as...Best News posted in a thread in 2010

 

Dave, copy the picture and then go to sig and upload it.. took me a few mins to figure it out

i Agree

 

i'm done running the stock transmission not running the car until i got the t56 on there. i went out for a ride with a friend and this what happened..

 

I tried that and for some reason, it doesn't work for me. It shows when I look at the "preview" but it doesn't when I post.

 

We had a long-term X6 at work (Car and Driver) and it was an amazing car. Fast, comfortable, and with the e-diff in the rear, would do unnatural things in the twisties (well, unnatural for a 5600lb SUV). The Range Rover Sport Supercharged (with the Supercharged/Direct Injected 5.0 V8) is a nice, comfy ride, but it is slower and more numb than the X6.

The FD looks amazing. I was down with David at Kilo Racing/Central Florida Turbos on the 29th, and David is a great guy. Awesome area, and David is a great guy.

G'luck with the trans issues. Hopefully the T56 ends your troubles.

 

Thanks for the compliments Jim and it was great meeting you.

Regarding the Range Rover Sport, you really need to compare the regular Range Rover (supercharged) to the X6 and see what you think. The Sport is built off of the LR3 platform, not the Range Rover, so it is going to be less nimble and less capable than the X6. The Range Rover will blow it away in anything off-road and IMO, on road also. Love the way the Sport looks, just think they made a poor chassis decision. And if I had my way, we'd have bought the X6 (more manly) instead of the Range Rover but this was our "compromise" This year's Range Rover comes with a very nifty thin-film LED screen for the gauge clusters:

http://www.landroverusa.com/us/en/Ve...ertainment.htm

I'm actually thinking of how I can retrofit something like that into my FD. Will the madness never stop?!

 

Agreed that the Range Rover will outperform the X6 offroad, but honestly, how often do you take your Daily Driver offroad? Toss a set of Blizzaks on the X6 if you're really worried about snow performance.

For your reading pleasure, Car and Driver's Long Term BMW X6 xDrive50i:

http://www1.cdnew.hfmus.com/reviews/...d_test_wrap-up

Range Rover Sport Supercharged (Comparison test including the X5 M)

http://www1.cdnew.hfmus.com/reviews/...charged_page_2

 

Wow. A solid snap. And that's a rotary. T56 should be a lot stronger. That sucks you gotta toss another 2k at it.

 

those links dont work... you'all are making me miss my Rover.

i should be good to go with the t56

 

I only have one concern about the T56....I was told it takes part of the personality that mazda put in the cars away. I know a guy with a T56 20b RX-8 from PR. He told me that although its nice not to be snapping trannies all the time, that he missed the OEM transmission feel terribly. This kinda scared me a bit...about getting a T56 which was in my future plans. When you install yours, please provide feedback as to how you feel about the car. No doubt it will be able to handle the power but he told me the nic nic nic feel of the OEM tranny will change for a GM, hard to shift Toc Toc Toc... and that ti will also be a louder running tranny. This might all be BS and it might just be which T56 he picked but either way, let us know how the car feels later. Thanks in advance.

Chris

 

What exactly are you trying to say here ?

I keed, I keed.

Bewtew, sorry to hear. Nice problem to have I suppose...... I keep trying to frag my tranny but it just won't die

 

LOL Serious?Maybe he liked Japanese Trannies and not American Trannies.

 

i think your friend had two broken trannys According to ironmdnx he said that his car feels fine with the t56 and the gears are pretty close.. i can't wait to have a longer 1st gear and a 6th gear!

David, i think white85mtu has been checking you out

 

LOL, Double PUN...

 

Lol...haha..you guys are hilarious...

I just got off the phone with my friend and I had some of the facts wrong. It is a T56 but it is one from Steeda and it was meant for late 90's built mustangs. It is aftermarket, fully built and it makes more noise (probably straight cut gears?) than a OEM one. When I mentioned you had a 2005 GTO tranny he said that it probably doesn't feel the same as his because it is OEM for the street and it has to be smooth etc. He said although he had gotten his for 2k fully built and brand new he sometimes regrets not buying a used OEM one from a GTO for 15-1700 and he would've saved some money. At the time having a BNIB, "stronger" one for only 3-400 bucks more than a used, OEM one made sense but now they whinning is killing him.

Chris

 

My bad. Forgot to change the www1.cdnew.hfmus.com to www.caranddriver.com. You can only access the above links from behind our firewall. Here are the real links on the live site:

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...d_test_wrap-up

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...charged_page_2

 

Don't swing that way...

 

i haven't update this in a while but.. but i got all my issues sorted out.. the t56 is in.. it wasn't as easy as i thought but it came out perfect.

I've been beating the crap out of the car, launching it etc.. and is taking it like a champ with no problems.