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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 10:36 AM
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so i recently stepped up to an 01 vette.. (used to have a cammed camaro, ran mid 12s) i plan on doing a heads and cam package, and most likely a beefier clutch not too long after. i guess my question is, how much abuse from the t56 and a twin disc clutch will my stock rear end handle with somewhere in the range of 400 rwhp. it would see a little track time, but not a whole lot, maybe two or three trips during the course of the summer. not sure if i would slap my et streets on it or not. when the rear does go what what kind of price range am i looking at for a rear that candle 400-500 horsies. any input is appreciated.
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so i recently stepped up to an 01 vette.. (used to have a cammed camaro, ran mid 12s) i plan on doing a heads and cam package, and most likely a beefier clutch not too long after. i guess my question is, how much abuse from the t56 and a twin disc clutch will my stock rear end handle with somewhere in the range of 400 rwhp. it would see a little track time, but not a whole lot, maybe two or three trips during the course of the summer. not sure if i would slap my et streets on it or not. when the rear does go what what kind of price range am i looking at for a rear that candle 400-500 horsies. any input is appreciated.
^^Go do a search on member "Ranger". If you get your technique down properly you should be okay. Want you want to do is to avoid wheel hop. That will quickly take out the rear and possibly tranny since they are mated together.

Might want to look into a DTE brace.
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