Dog-ring T56 on the street *video*
 

This isn't in a Pro-Touring car, but I thought some of you might enjoy a video of what a dog-ring T56 trans is like on the street.

This is in my recent 1967 Cougar LS swap. I got the car on the road back in June and have actually been making some changes as the summer has progressed. One of the big changes that I made was buying a dog-ring T-56 transmission. It was built my RPM and has a G-Force gear set. Gears 1-4 are face plated, while 5th and 6th gears are stock and fully synchronized.

I made a video just showing some driving around to demonstrate the shifting and the little extra gear noise. WOT shifting happens at about 6 minutes into the video. Enjoy...



Andrew

Nice demonstration....

Good video!


Having the Jerico dog box in the Mustang (track only car) -- and a locker rear end etc.... There's no way I'd "ENJOY" driving this on the street. The combo of the tranny not quite going into gear sometimes (1st mostly - and this was demonstrated in the video) and the locker clunking and banging.... No thanks! On the TRACK that all goes away and it's a pure joy to drive. In the pits - it feels as though I'm "hurting" the car... it just doesn't like slow speeds... it would drive me crazy mentally. On track it's smooth as silk - unless I get lazy and miss a shift - and then it's hard to get it back into gear -- not "hard" but you need to be careful and get it right.

We know your age Weld but you just showed it there.

:mock:

This type of transmission is certainly not for everyone, which is the point of making the video. I wanted to demonstrate a few things so people have a better understanding of how it works and can make a better decision as to whether it is right for them or not.

Andrew

I thought the video was priceless! An excellent demonstration.

Thank you Greg!

Andrew

Great video, you are a braver man than me to row like that with no oil pressure and completely cold. ;)

All of those analog gauges are dead besides the fuel level. All of my gauge functions are fed through the Holley digital dash mounted to my steering column.

Andrew

That actually seemed like it was quite liveable on the street. Aside from the noise anyway. I was expected a lot more harshness with normal gear changes/street driving. Did the video not show that well? What are your thoughts Andrew? Thanks for making the video.