5 or 6 speed Transmission for 67 Camaro
 

I'm ready to upgrade to a 5 or 6 speed trans and I don't want to have to do alot of mods especially cut up my floor. I'm currently running a M21 w/12 bolt & 4:10s but now my motor is pushing 600+ lbs of torque at 5500 Rs. Anyone have a recommendation?
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Re: 5 or 6 speed Transmission for 67 Camaro
 

I like Jerico's. You can get them in 4 or 5 speed. They are the strongest. You can get them with syncros also. Jerico Transmissions-(704)782-4343. Also try Eric Swarr at (610)489-4029. He deals in Tremec and is a nice guy. Sam

Re: 5 or 6 speed Transmission for 67 Camaro
 

Open your wallet though for a Jerico, $$$$! One of the guys on 'The Brew Crew' runs one in an L78, in B/S - loves it, but I think it cost around $5-6k.

Re: 5 or 6 speed Transmission for 67 Camaro
 

I've seen four or five articles about this exact swap in Hot Rod/Car Craft/Chevy Hi-Performance/Super Chevy, etc. in the last 2 years. There are bolt in kits for this swap with a Tremec that can handle the torque. Suggest you go to the Camaros.net site and do a search as it has been discussed there numerous times.

Re: 5 or 6 speed Transmission for 67 Camaro
 

I was thinking the Tremec also but his torque numbers are up there pretty good and I thought the Tremec 5 and 6 speeds were rated below 600 lb/ft. I was thinking the Richmond 5 speed is pretty strong but I don't think that is an overdrive trans if that is what you're looking for.

Re: 5 or 6 speed Transmission for 67 Camaro
 

Richmond 5 speed is not OD in 5th, but the standard first gear is something like 3:28, so you can swap a 3:08 ring and pinion in and still have a lower overall ratio in first gear. In fact, something in the neighborhood of a 2:75 gear would make it comparable in first to your current set up. Less than two grand for a brand new unit. Another couple hundred for the final drive gears.

If you want over drive, the Richmond 6 speed is .76 in 6th. Same standard 3:28 first gear. About a grand more than the 5 speed.

Just a thought.

Lynn

Re: 5 or 6 speed Transmission for 67 Camaro
 

Here you go: '67 Camaro TKO conversion

Tremec makes a TKO500 or TKO600 (numbers indicate lb-ft rating) and the 600 isn't much more than the 500. We're picking up a TKO600 soon ourselves...would like to go Jericho, but can't justify spending over twice the price of the Tremec. But boy oh boy do those clutchless shifts sound wicked! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gif

Re: 5 or 6 speed Transmission for 67 Camaro
 

I used the Keisler TK500 kit in my 67 plain Jane coupe behind a GM 350HO crate motor and absolutely love it. I didn't have to cut up the console and from inside the cockpit you'd think I was running an old school 4-speed.

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Re: 5 or 6 speed Transmission for 67 Camaro
 

TKO 600... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

Re: 5 or 6 speed Transmission for 67 Camaro
 

I'd love one but can't swing the $$$.
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