Talk:Borg-Warner T-56
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Need to include some ratios for Viper and Vette specific tranny's. Maybe an expansion of the differences between the tremec and the BW? Ultrapop1 07:06, Apr 19, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] T-56 vs ZF in C4 Corvette
To the unnamed user who keeps editing the first year for the T-56 in the Corvette to 1992, instead of 1997: The T-56 was not installed in the Corvette in any factory configuration until 1997, when it was set up as a transaxle in the 1997 Corvette. It continues to be used in the C6 Corvette and Corvette Z06 today, in the same configuration. Prior to 1989, the C4 Corvette did not have a proper six-speed; it had a '4+3', which was basically a four-speed with an external overdrive unit. In 1989, the C4 received the ZF six-speed transmission - the T-56 was not even available yet, and the ZF / C4 were designed around each other. It would not have made sense for GM to switch transmissions for no real reason in 1992, when the T-56 became available. This can be confirmed here and many other locations - for example, run a search on Car-Part.com for any Corvette between 1989 and 1996, for a transmission, and select the M.T. option - any case where the junkyard lists details, it will often indicate 'ZF'. Please do not edit the page again unless you can find some verifiable proof that the C4 Corvette was ever shipped with a T-56 instead of a ZF 6-speed. Ayocee 16:38, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
