Ben Herman
Member
I finally pulled the trigger yesterday and picked up a Viper T56 with the .5 OD. I've been chasing efficiency and high speed for a while so this was the obvious choice as soon as I heard it existed. There seem to be plenty of options for hooking a T56 up to a big block but I'm interested in what folks have tried and how it has performed. Before anyone gets too upset about me cutting up a car this one is plenty rusty and anybody restoring it would need to cut up the flloor and tunnel anyway to replace the swiss cheese floorboards. The car has 242k on it and I can't bring myself to go to all the effort of swapping a trans and still having an automatic afterwards.
What I'm looking for more than anything else is pictures of one being installed. I'll obviously have to cut a substantial amount of trans tunnel but I'd love to see just how much.
Should I swap to a short throw shifter since I'll be adding a rather tall shifter compared to the viper setup? I'd prefer a "truck style" no frills shifter and I'd like to be able to shift without smashing the dash and preferably the center drawer when its open.
Current equipment:
Mostly stock 383 with a FiTech on it. (Don't buy a FiTech. Mine is currently behaving wonderfully though.)
I have a few 440s and one of them is going to end up in the car someday soonish.
2.76 diff. I know this is the slow gear. I know that will make a .5 overdrive ignorantly silly. I said fast, not quick.
What I'm looking for more than anything else is pictures of one being installed. I'll obviously have to cut a substantial amount of trans tunnel but I'd love to see just how much.
Should I swap to a short throw shifter since I'll be adding a rather tall shifter compared to the viper setup? I'd prefer a "truck style" no frills shifter and I'd like to be able to shift without smashing the dash and preferably the center drawer when its open.
Current equipment:
Mostly stock 383 with a FiTech on it. (Don't buy a FiTech. Mine is currently behaving wonderfully though.)
I have a few 440s and one of them is going to end up in the car someday soonish.
2.76 diff. I know this is the slow gear. I know that will make a .5 overdrive ignorantly silly. I said fast, not quick.