Best Manual Tranny

[pocket-rocket]

Personally, I would use the Getrag 282 with a 3.94 final drive ratio behind the 3400 DOHC. These engines need as much gear as you can get to compensate for the poor bottom-end performance.

Mine never seemed to have much problem getting out of its own way. Now if you mean ~1500 rpm bottom end, yeah, but races don't happen at 1500 rpm. That and you have the beautiful thing of being able to launch at whatever rpm you want in a manual. I'm not busting chops or anything here, but most peoples opinions on the DOHC come from people that have never even driven one. Even when my 91 was an auto and Ben was tuning it he commented on how he doesn't see how people say it has no low end grunt, basically boiling down to exaggeration by people about the engines characteristics. Don't take this post as a gripe or flaming, I'm just discussing and putting in my opinion in an arena I've been in for a bit.

[pontiacjeff]

Personally, I would use the Getrag 282 with a 3.94 final drive ratio behind the 3400 DOHC. These engines need as much gear as you can get to compensate for the poor bottom-end performance.

[robertisaar]

it's not incredibly expensive, just time consuming and you'll have some fab work to do.

[zog09]

eleven thousand dollars...

there have been a few conversions done out there, but i believe the easiest way about it was to swap the firewall plate with one that was already a 5 speed...

then you get to worry about tuning...

What if I have a friend or my dad helping me put it in?

[robertisaar]

O sweet. How much do you think it would cost to put a 284 tranny into my '95 cutty?

eleven thousand dollars...

there have been a few conversions done out there, but i believe the easiest way about it was to swap the firewall plate with one that was already a 5 speed...

then you get to worry about tuning...

[zog09]

if it doesn't, you're doing something horribly wrong.

O sweet. How much do you think it would cost to put a 284 tranny into my '95 cutty?

[Superdave]

which is swappable...

[robertisaar]

what about thje tranny on the quad 4? it was a 282 but the limiter on those car was setted for 6800? didnt seem like a problem when myne shifted at 7400.

quad4 had a different bellhousing pattern IIRC...

[mickaz]

what about thje tranny on the quad 4? it was a 282 but the limiter on those car was setted for 6800? didnt seem like a problem when myne shifted at 7400.

[robertisaar]

Do you think a 284 would bolt up to a '95 lq1 engine?

if it doesn't, you're doing something horribly wrong.

[zog09]

Do you think a 284 would bolt up to a '95 lq1 engine?

[bbeck]

the 282 with a '88 beretta jackshaft and housing is about 60 lbs dry.

282's have been proven to take 400-500 HP/TQ all day. They do not like to shift above 6500 RPM or so. Upgraded synchros should fix that. If you get one it's also a good idea to have a trans shop go through it to make sure the diff bearings are shimmed right. higher mileage 282's tend to have a problem with the diff twisting and breaking the trans case.

mine has 142K on it, other than a recent 2nd gear synchro issue it's holding up to 320 HP/300 TQ, launching hard on slicks. I did weld the diff which is helping keep it alive. Original GM axles too..

I didn't know you welded your diff. How does it feel since then compared to previous?

[Superdave]

It's too bad i'm not keeping my cavalier or i'd have to try out a 284 in it.. my engine would love to be able to shift that high.

[pocket-rocket]

My 284 in my heavy pig of a car (read loaded down with dynamat from the previous owner, so it weighs more than a normal W) still shifts just fine at 7,100 rpms- and it's an original tranny (141k) that has never been opened or rebuilt Some (like mine) tend to be cranky while cold though and you will have to shift slow until it warms up which is fine with me, you shouldn't be beating the tar out of a cold car in the first place. If you do, you need your head examined.

[Husky]

About how much power can the 284 handle?

Over 9000.