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Originally Posted by awr68
FWIW, Larry, the owner of PT.com has a Richmond in his car and says it's getting swapped out SOON!
I have driven cars with T56's and liked them a lot! I have a T56 for my car and got it for $1100 and it's a fresh rebuild out of a '97 Camaro.
There ya go....in my mind, I have a far better trans for less money and wouldn't even consider buying the Richmond.
Remember, just because you hired a builder doesn't mean they get to choose the parts....this is your car/build and you make all final decisions...otherwise this isn't going to end well! Job one is to know what you are building and understand it....you are talking a lot of money here, especially when you are paying for labor! Don't get in a hurry...you have time to learn....we all had too!!  |
My car is totally disassembled. It has been media blasted and is in apoxy waiting on metal work to start. He actually has not started on my car at all. I try and go to the shop once a week to look at the progress on the other cars in the shop. When I hang out with him I tend to ask questions about the other builds in the shop. Why did he do this, what's he going to do with this, etc. He explains things to a T. There has been several nights I left the shop with the sun coming up. When I am in the shop we usually talk about the plans for my car. And with each part of the plan I usually ask why do it that way and what are the other choices out there. My builder never pushes anything on me. He gives me options on everyting. I ask alot of questions about my car and I sometimes tend to go overboard.
Thanks.