transmission question?

[95BlkCobra]

i have heard of 6 spd viper spec tranny's but the previous owner of my car said he bought a new transmission and says its a viper spec, its only a 5 spd? im pretty sure he bought a good tranny cause ive seen the thing and it looks huge

i saw it when it was out of the car but didnt have my phone on me to take a pic but took one a while ago while it was up on the rack at school. any body know what this is?

 

[topless95]

the "viper spec" refers to the t-56 which is a 6 speed

 

[95BlkCobra]

ok thought so. mine might be world class or ford racing

 

[topless95]

well it doesn't look like my t-5, so I am not sure what you may have

 

[SN95.ohh]

ya that doesnt look like a t-5. Im not to sure what TKO trannys look like but it could a tko-500 or tko-600

 

[95BlkCobra]

sweet but i need to find out for sure. i got some casting numbers...i wrote these down when it was out an the shop getting rebuilt. tremec C2605803 not sure what they mean? i love my car to death but i got it from my grampa who was the 3rd owner. the guy he bought it from is my mechanic and the 1st owner was a directors son. baiscly all the upgrades except exhaust,radiator and suspension were on the car. its fast for just having bolt one's. and i swear everytime i have something done i find something new that was on the car that i didnt know about.

 

[95 svt cobra]

If its a 5 speed it is not a viper spec tranny. You should be able to google those cast numbers and come up with something.

 

[95BlkCobra]

i googled the tko tranny and it looks very smillar to mine. mine has the two square boxes on top just like it.

 

[Paul]

Why do you guys think it's not a T5? It looks like one to me. I could be wrong of course.

Here's a picture of my Tremec 3550 (left) next to a standard T5. (right)

*edit* How many bolts does your shifter have?

 

[Paul]

Yep, here's a pic of a 94-95 T5. The case castings changed a bit over the years, but the overall "look" and dimension was similar, and look nothing like the Tremec 3500, TKO, TKO 500/600 cases.

Looks like what you've got there is your average run-of-the-mill T5.

Paul.

 

[95BlkCobra]

mine doesnt look like that on top. mine looks just like the tko. and i think my output shaft is a bit shorter

 

[95BlkCobra]

http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplayPopup?storeId=10001&catalogId=10002&productId=946657&itemId=943982&langId=-1&showValue=1 this is what mine looks like. notice the two boxes on top are equal. mine is almost identical

 

[2slo95fiveoh]

http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplayPopup?storeId=10001&catalogId=10002&productId=946657&itemId=943982&langId=-1&showValue=1 this is what mine looks like. notice the two boxes on top are equal. mine is almost identical

An easy way to tell??? pop your shifter bezel in the interior off, and count the bolts that hold the actual shifter to the transmission.
If it has 6 bolts , it's a TKO, if it has 4, it could be either a T-5, 3550, or a T-56 6 speed with a gear missing?

 

[95BlkCobra]

ok ill look into but my bezel is broken im looking to buy a new one and dont want to break it the rest of the way but ill check it out

 

[Paul]

count the bolts that hold the actual shifter to the transmission. If it has 6 bolts , it's a TKO, if it has 4, it could be either a T-5, 3550, or a T-56 6 speed with a gear missing?

No, 3550s have six bolts, not four. See the picture of mine above.

this is what mine looks like. notice the two boxes on top are equal. mine is almost identical

Your main case and tailshaft housing look nothing like the TKO. Notice the "square" pattern of the flanges between the maincase and the tailshaft housing on the TKO? Yours has a taper. You have a T5.

Paul.

 

[2slo95fiveoh]

count the bolts that hold the actual shifter to the transmission. If it has 6 bolts , it's a TKO, if it has 4, it could be either a T-5, 3550, or a T-56 6 speed with a gear missing?

No, 3550s have six bolts, not four. See the picture of mine above.

Paul.

My mistake.. But it looks like the shifter design differs between them. My TKO has the 6 bolts, but the shifter base is a rectangle,
whereas the 3550 you posted looks tapered toward the front of the shifter. So you were correct, the 3550 has 6 bolts,
but at least there is a way to tell them apart, other than casting numbers and so on.