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Your other thread had me looking at tko’s since it’s bolt in option for me. This is rad newsTremec TKX Ready to Rock Your LS Build - LS1Tech.com
Newest manual from Tremec, TKX five-speed built specifically for the aftermarket, can handle up to 600 lb-ft of torque!
I may be the only person excited about this, but this thing sounds like an all around better unit for an equally great price. Capable of 8k rpm max with 7500 rpm shifts and still holding 600ft/lbs for under $3k. Sign me up!
For real! The biggest complaint with TKOs seemed to be the crappy high rpm shifting. It sounds like Tremec listened.
I'm sure everything is dimensionally the same as a TKO. There was an HTOB kit for TKOs that basically just slipped around the bearing retainer. Then you replaced one of the retainer bolts with a long pin. Pretty simple once you get it shimmed properly. The one thing I worry about with my set-up is that the TKO kit recommends a 3/4" master cylinder bore. I don't know how they can say that when they are unaware of what clutch, pressure plate or pedal I'm using though. Either way, my master cylinder is 7/8'. I guess I'll just have to reset my pedal travel. NBD.
That’s what I’ve got on my Muncie. The pedal ratio thing is confusing as fuck and even the Chevy counterpart pedal stuff isn’t plug and play. Mine feels too difficult so I think I need to either pony up and buy someone’s bracket for the master or drill holes in my firewall to move it up and then make a new hole in the pedal.
It was terrible.... I had a TKO in my 98 GT that had mild ported heads and intake, and I couldn't shift it over 6500 RPM. Ended up making me sell the whole damn car because I was sick of throwing money at it.
Yikes. I hope the reviews for the TKX are a lot better. I'd be pissed if I spent that kind of money on a trans for it to still not do what it needs to do.
Yeah, I had just broken my 3rd T-45 and I dropped over $3k on the TKO, bell housing, and clutch. It also sucked around town, the straight cut gears whined like a mofo. I did a T-56 swap in my buddies 2014 GT, and it's awesome compared to the TKO.
In stock form I know the F-body T56 was rated at 450 which is basically a lie. It can hold more with a good driver.
From my understanding that was pretty much the case of all factory Tremec stuff until the TKX "came out". The T5s and TKOs suck in terms of high RPM shifting too.
T5s and TKOs are kind of a lost cause in this department, but the T56 is supposed to be pretty darn good with billet forks and shift rods. Being a side loader like a TKX eliminates most of the case flexing issues you see in the older 5-speeds. I doubt that your driving is the problem given what you just said.
Damn, hopefully you get it soon. I’m definitely interested in how this trans works out for you. Seems like it will finally fill a giant gap in the market.Still waiting. ETA was 7/9 until this morning. It's been pushed to Monday, but I'm betting it will change to August when Monday rolls around.
Really? Dang. Is yours an OE version? I feel like it would be worthwhile to just spring for the Magnum since a T56 is already in there, but I don't know the details of swapping between an OE and Magnum or what needed to happen to put the T56 in in the 3rd gen. Do you still have the long torque arm or a shorty?
That makes a whole lot more sense. Haha Yeah, the new Magnum should be a pretty solid upgrade in your case.OOps, I was thinking the TKX was the new 6spd, not the 5spd. My bad.
I think its the Magnum-F I wanted actually.
My car has the stock TA, I have a Founders TA I can put in, that's stock length.
What I really wanted was the Unbalanced Engineering de-coupled TA, but they don't make it anymore. It says to email cause they do it in batches, but I haven't ever gotten a response back on it.
My T56 HATES high RPM shifts. The further I take it past 6500 the more unhappy it gets, and the slower I have to shift it. Some of that is clutch, some of that is synchro design. The shift fork design is also weak on the 2-3, so its a common problem. I can shift at 6500, but 7200rpm is so much sweeter.
