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Originally Posted by preston
I went from an unmodified TKO600 to a Rockland blueprinted T56. Now, I never had any problems shifting my TKO600 up to 6300 rpms behind 700rwhp, so maybe I"m not hte best to comment.
HOwever, I actually feel like my TKO shifted better overall than my T56 which I realize is backwards from everyone else, but the T56 just feels heavier and notchier, and its breaking in now but 2nd gear took a good tug to make sure you got it in.
I'm not talking some huge difference here, just one datapoint that the shift quality between the two is mostly hype. Probably has more to do with how good your clutch release is than the trans.
Adding a T56 was a good 20 lbs plus I went from an alum bellhousing (unsafe) to a qucktime, which I had trimmed and cleaned up but still added 10 lbs.
I would be more worried about s trength behind your big block than shift quality. I broke a TKO600 3rd gear one time so it can happen. Haven't ran the T56 in the same conditions yet but I doubt it wil break. The TKO broke road racing on a hot day before I had a cooler, so that may have been a factor as well. 3rd gear is known as the weak spot on these.
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Hey i have just mounted an tko 600 extreme from american powertrain in my 69 camaro and that i can recomended . this manuel gears is very good
