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New T56 Choices for Cobra Owners???
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<blockquote data-quote="Nickerz" data-source="post: 10758384" data-attributes="member: 57280"><p>Here is my take as someone who sells about 12,000 parts a year. I'm not going to post a link, and I don't sell performance parts anymore, but I have my opinion on this matter.</p><p></p><p>A LOT of performance parts are just marketing gimmicks. I've seen a lot of these claims to build 1000lb\ft T56s or 800, 900. Thing is, these transmissions are more or less designed to handle 550lb\ft at viper spec. You can cryo the gears and that's going to add a LITTLE bit. But who has a multi million dollar transmission dyno to really measure that? Really only tremec and other OEMs have that.</p><p></p><p>So all these ratings are just for the most part, in my opinion created on the fly. I've seen all the tricks and marketing hoopla because I still function as a wholesale supplier to a variety of forum sponsors from Vortec to LT1 (not really heavy on ford stuff). I've seen 2 bar sensors of mine be marketed as 3 bars. I've seen arbitrary RPM limits slapped on other parts. I've seen performance claims slapped on OEM replacements.</p><p></p><p>There are a couple big turbo guys that have been through all of these big name T56s. They all more or less fail at 700lb\ft or above.</p><p></p><p>There is a whole market of this.</p><p></p><p>I believe if you want to hold 550lb\ft, you should get a viper spec. If you want to hold 700lb\ft get a magnum T56. If you want more than that. Go auto or pay for real race ready transmission, not an OEM variant.</p><p></p><p>If you plan on staying at your power level, a would bet a magnum T56 would be a good bet for you. Input shaft aside. If you hook on a 6000rpm launch on slicks, nothing is going to survive that. But just beating on it on the streets it should live for damn near forever. That 700lb\ft rating is an OEM rating on a real transmission dyno for an OEM application. So there is no tomfoolery, no nothing. Its the real deal. </p><p></p><p>Think of it this way. They've put the viper spec T56 in Aston Martins as well. There wasn't a special variant, because really, that's the limit for that design.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nickerz, post: 10758384, member: 57280"] Here is my take as someone who sells about 12,000 parts a year. I'm not going to post a link, and I don't sell performance parts anymore, but I have my opinion on this matter. A LOT of performance parts are just marketing gimmicks. I've seen a lot of these claims to build 1000lb\ft T56s or 800, 900. Thing is, these transmissions are more or less designed to handle 550lb\ft at viper spec. You can cryo the gears and that's going to add a LITTLE bit. But who has a multi million dollar transmission dyno to really measure that? Really only tremec and other OEMs have that. So all these ratings are just for the most part, in my opinion created on the fly. I've seen all the tricks and marketing hoopla because I still function as a wholesale supplier to a variety of forum sponsors from Vortec to LT1 (not really heavy on ford stuff). I've seen 2 bar sensors of mine be marketed as 3 bars. I've seen arbitrary RPM limits slapped on other parts. I've seen performance claims slapped on OEM replacements. There are a couple big turbo guys that have been through all of these big name T56s. They all more or less fail at 700lb\ft or above. There is a whole market of this. I believe if you want to hold 550lb\ft, you should get a viper spec. If you want to hold 700lb\ft get a magnum T56. If you want more than that. Go auto or pay for real race ready transmission, not an OEM variant. If you plan on staying at your power level, a would bet a magnum T56 would be a good bet for you. Input shaft aside. If you hook on a 6000rpm launch on slicks, nothing is going to survive that. But just beating on it on the streets it should live for damn near forever. That 700lb\ft rating is an OEM rating on a real transmission dyno for an OEM application. So there is no tomfoolery, no nothing. Its the real deal. Think of it this way. They've put the viper spec T56 in Aston Martins as well. There wasn't a special variant, because really, that's the limit for that design. [/QUOTE]
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