Super T-10 in SS/H Camaro

[Rory McNeil]

Originally Posted by james schaechter

I would think it would be like a tootsie pop. 3 licks and you would get to see the inside!

Good one!!
Seriously, If you have a good Super T-10, I think you would be much better off selling it, and putting that money towards a proper race transmission. When I first built my M/Stock Mustang, I too thought that the factory T5 would be good enough to get my feet wet, unfortunately, the wetness came from oil from the broken T5`s! By the end of that 1rst year, all I had left was a T5 with a bent mainshaft, and the remnants of 2 other damaged transmissions. And that was with a lower classed Stocker, a decent SS/H car should be about 2 1/2 seconds quicker than my Mustang was at that time. Buying a couple of used Jericos was money very well spent. The Jerico in my Mustang has been as reliable as an iron anvil , and the other trans in my 10.0/132mph bracket car went 10 years before it needed any repairs ($300.00 worth of 3rd gear parts.) Plus with a Jerico (or G Force) you can get many different gear ratios, including changing individual ratios, where the ratios in a ST10 will NOT be even close to optimal.

[KingReptile]

Originally Posted by Rory McNeil

Good one!!
Seriously, If you have a good Super T-10, I think you would be much better off selling it, and putting that money towards a proper race transmission. When I first built my M/Stock Mustang, I too thought that the factory T5 would be good enough to get my feet wet, unfortunately, the wetness came from oil from the broken T5`s! By the end of that 1rst year, all I had left was a T5 with a bent mainshaft, and the remnants of 2 other damaged transmissions. And that was with a lower classed Stocker, a decent SS/H car should be about 2 1/2 seconds quicker than my Mustang was at that time. Buying a couple of used Jericos was money very well spent. The Jerico in my Mustang has been as reliable as an iron anvil , and the other trans in my 10.0/132mph bracket car went 10 years before it needed any repairs ($300.00 worth of 3rd gear parts.) Plus with a Jerico (or G Force) you can get many different gear ratios, including changing individual ratios, where the ratios in a ST10 will NOT be even close to optimal.

Right On

[Dwight Southerland]

When I raced my A/S Camaro, aftermarket transmissions were not legal so I had to use a T10. A production Super T10 was good for about 10 passes before something broke. I used an iron case AS9 model of the T10 (the version used in the mid-late 70's Camaros, Corvettes and Firebirds) with a 9310 nickel gear set from Liberty with a 2.99 first gear, a billet side cover and a machined steel bearing plate in the rear. Such a transmission cost about $1500 in 1985 dollars, and I carried two with me wherever I went. Rarely did I break a gear, but that was due to a very light clutch and 9" tires. However, I budgeted $1000 a year for transmission maintenance for sliders, hubs, magnafluxing, new dog rings, gear replacement, etc. plus time to disassemble transmissions for check ups after every 20 passes. Two years after I sold the car, aftermarket trans were made legal. (Had I know that was going to happen, I might not have sold the car.) I built an SS/C '66 Corvette after that with a Jerico and put over 100 passes on it with no transmission failures. (Driver failures, but nothing to blame on the trans.)

All that to say that you can race the car with a Super T10, but it will not be as much an enjoyable experience. I wouldn't do it.