has anyone installed the American powertrain tko600 5 speed in their 55 chevy. I would appreciate the feed back and have a few questions. thanks
has anyone installed the American powertrain tko600 5 speed in their 55 chevy. I would appreciate the feed back and have a few questions. thanks
I have one I bought from Hanlon Motersports, fun to drive, but does not speed shift quite like an old Muncie.
did it fit your tunnel with cleareance or did you have to lower transmission crossmember to make it fit. if I have to lower it any my headers would hit my motor mount
I have a BBC with Ecklers 2.25 forward mounts and I did not move my 1970 Camaro crossmember. I did modify and move rearward the bracket the trans mount bolts to. The only tunnel change was moving the shifter hole toward the pass side slightly. My clutch was the same 26 spline as BW Super T-10.
I don't know why it makes any difference where it came from or whether it's in a 55, 56 or 57. All TKO600's are the same, and I believe they're the same case as the TKO500 too. The floors and frames of all tri5s are essentially the same, including the tranny tunnel.
56 Nomad, Ramjet 502, Viper 6-speed T56, C4 Corvette front and rear suspension
Other vehicles:
56 Chevy 2-door BelAir sedan
56 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
57 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
1962 327/340HP Corvette
1961 Willys CJ3B Jeep
2001 Porsche Boxster S
2003 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD Duramax
2019 GMC Sierra Denali Duramax
was just wondering if anyone had small block with tri y headers cause if you have to tilt engine down any for trans to clear the header is about 1/8 from motor mount
56 Nomad, Ramjet 502, Viper 6-speed T56, C4 Corvette front and rear suspension
Other vehicles:
56 Chevy 2-door BelAir sedan
56 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
57 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
1962 327/340HP Corvette
1961 Willys CJ3B Jeep
2001 Porsche Boxster S
2003 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD Duramax
2019 GMC Sierra Denali Duramax
56 Nomad, Ramjet 502, Viper 6-speed T56, C4 Corvette front and rear suspension
Other vehicles:
56 Chevy 2-door BelAir sedan
56 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
57 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
1962 327/340HP Corvette
1961 Willys CJ3B Jeep
2001 Porsche Boxster S
2003 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD Duramax
2019 GMC Sierra Denali Duramax
True but where it counts for engine clearance it is the same. Cowl is lower, also the passenger side firewall is different because of the heater and fresh air stuff being different.I always thought the 57 had a different firewall/cowl.
Most good headers don't have any problem with clearing side mounts. Why would you want to lower the engine anyway? No good reason to.
I don't know if they've fixed their stuff, but the TKO transmissions have a bad rap for shifting poorly. For me that would be a deal killer, because it would take all the fun out of having a 5 speed.