[Guy Ty]

Hey guys what's the all out best manual transmission in your opinions. Don't worry about what i'm looking to do with it just want to know what you think the best is and why. Thanks fellers

 

[1_BEAT_90]

well i think a t56 is a great transmission to go behind a SBC so we kinda need to know what you want to put it behind...

 

[Philip]

Well a usage would help to determine better. In a stick shift I like 9 to 13 spd road rangers.

For usage in anything smaller than a semi its kind of hard to install one due to space limits.

 

[Captain Dean]

9 to 13 gears... I can just imagine Homer drooling over a doughnut.

These guys must have huge left legs from all the clutch work.

 

[DodgeCummins98]

9 to 13 gears... I can just imagine Homer drooling over a doughnut.

These guys must have huge left legs from all the clutch work.

Try an 18 speed. :lol3:

 

[Richie O]

I don't use my clutch to shift my big rigs once I get moving. I have on that has a air clutch and it pushes so easy. Still don't use clutch though.

 

[Richie O]

In pickups my favorite tranny was the gm( or new process cant remember who made them ) granny 4 speed. Had alot of fun trying to kill them when I was younger. Never hurt one of those but sure busted everything else in the drivetrain. I still have that tranny downstairs. Its about all thats left from my old heavy chevy.

 

[dieselcowboy14]

my dad drove a 21 spd once in a 79 KW W900, with the ole cat 3408, said that was a b***h to shift but had a s**t load of power, lol. my favorites are the zf5 5 spd's out of the Ford's, and the 13/15 spd spicers.

 

[Philip]

9 to 13 gears... I can just imagine Homer drooling over a doughnut.

These guys must have huge left legs from all the clutch work.

Captain with those trans you only use the clutch for taking off. Its not needed after that. Those are unsyncroed transmissions. On a 9 spd you drop the RPM 750 and slide it into gear on a upshift. A 13 spd has a 300 RPM drop between gears when up shifting. Thats why you see a lot of 13 spds behind detroit two strokes. They have a narrow power band.

I have driven a 18 spd. If you don't need all the gears for the load your hauling just skip them.

 

[Guy Ty]

Hey guys sorry haven't said anything in forever the internet was jacked up. Hey i can probably get a 9, 13, or 18 even easy from my gramps who owns his trucking buisness. But man how am i gonna fit it into a truck? And tranmissions like that are they good for Incredible torque. I know my gramps truck is a beast but never looked up any specs on those things. I plan on making about 400-600 horse but a torq monster!

 

[adtoes]

if you're talking LT good luck getting that in

 

[Richie O]

You would have to have a 2 foot body lift to fit that. Don't think you would like it even if you somehow found a way.

 

[patriot_performance]

Really need to spec the trans to the application. Do you need a low low gear for take off? Do you need a high over drive for highway use? What exactly are you building. Is this a road truck or a mudder?

For a gas mudder the NP435 is a classic. Great granny gear and they are very tough. Have a couple trucks with them. All big blocks and they last forever.

However a NP435 is not very good behind a diesel. I'm quite happy with my NV5600, however that is not something I want to jam through the gears on going through the mudd. I do it often and its tough to keep things moving.

 

[adtoes]

I like the allison 1000 i know its gmc but i rebuilt on and they are a tough tranny. I don't know much about manuals in LT applications. Eaton RTO 13's are nice manuals in semi's

 

[Guy Ty]

Does anybody out there even have a 9 or 13 speed just for curiosity sake? Man that would be a beast of a truck! Ok so how about regular manual trannny's whats a good one easy to build cheap for a lot of torque! Definantly gonna be pushing 1200 is my goal.