The lighter side! Fun Fun Fun

[Fnlybldnmy55]

Parts back from Powdercoat ! A warm fuzzy feeling.
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Viper T56 on the way too!!!!!!!!!!!!

[carls 56 (RIP 11/24/2021)]

nice.

[Run-em]

Purty !

[sleeper55]

Looks good, are you moving the shifter location? If you dont have bucket seats that shifter will be under your seat.

[Fnlybldnmy55]

Goin buckets!

[sleeper55]

I have the same trans in my 55. The rear shifter locaton is great with buckets. Makes for really nice shifting.

[chevynut]

The Viper transmission has the shifter located about 4" forward of the 4th Gen Camaro T56 shifter position. Here's pics of both of them so you can see how much further forward the Viper shifter is. Not all T56 transmissions are the same. The Viper T56 is also a lot stronger than the Camaro version and has a larger output shaft as well as some internal upgrades of shift forks, etc.

viper tranny.jpgCamaro tranny.jpg


Here's a pic of my Nomad with the shifter installed on the Viper T56, and the engine 1.5" forward. I think it's in the perfect location. It feels just right when sitting in the bucket seat. With the right shifter, and a little longer legs, it may even work with a bench seat.

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One thing to keep in mind is the 6th gear is a .5 overdrive. So unless you have a relatively steep rear gear, it's going to be somewhat useless. It also depends on your tire diameter and your engine. Take a look at the engine RPM calculators on Richmond's site and you'll see what I mean. I have a set of Viper 4.10 gears in my Dana 44 to get the RPMs up a little at 75 mph. My Ramjet 502 puts out over 500 ft-lb from 2000 RPM and up, but I think the lower gears will work better. The stock 3.45 Dana 44 gears allow my engine to run at 1672 RPM at 75 MPH. The 4.10 gears increase that to 1987 RPM. I also have a set of 3.73 gears that would make it 1808 RPM.

http://richmondgear.com/index.php/ge...on-calculators

I think a high gear (like a 3.08 in an early D44 rear) with a mild SBC would make 6th gear just about worthless. It would run under 1500 RPM at 75 MPH.

[Fnlybldnmy55]

Did you guys need to raise the trans tunnel in your install? Some say yes, some say no. You guys would know. Thanks, Ken

[chevynut]

I had to raise my tunnel. The T56 has a "hump" right behind the bellhousing, and that's where most of my interference was. I don't know of anyone who didn't have to raise the tunnel with a T56. Rick_L, I believe, thought he wouldn't have to but ended up doing so as I recall. It's not that hard to do.

[Fnlybldnmy55]

I have Lakewood shatterproof bell now so hope I have same results as you.