There are several manual transmissions available that are great alternatives for the T5 depending on what your end goal is, but if you are looking for strength and ease of installation the Tremec TKO500/600 is probably your best choice. If you’re looking to keep the control in the palm of your hand and nothing but a manual transmission will suffice, you will quickly find the end of the T5’s life expectancy once the power level gets bumped. If you’re an automatic fan the 4L60E is a great choice to go with for a direct swap, or if you’re building really big power and you don’t mind some slight modifications the 4L80E, when built correctly, will handle just about anything you can throw at it. The transmissions attached to the original engines were built to handle the horsepower and torque of those days, so now with a more powerful engine comes a new transmission. After the power level gets addressed we see the snowball start to form and it’s all downhill from there. The 3rd Gen Camaro was never celebrated for having a lot of horsepower with the then famous 5.7L TPI engine cranking out 245 H.P. One of the first things you will want to do to these cars is figure out how to make more power. With the wide availability of LS engines and performance suspension upgrades you can easily create a strong contender to go up against any new Camaro out on the track. What started out as an extremely weak sports car that eventually came of age during the EFI revolution of the early 90’s is starting to make an even stronger comeback now as more hot rodders are rescuing these cars from the depths of trailer parks and overgrown back yards. Many of us in the 35-50 year old range have fond memories of the 3rd Gen Camaro built from 1982-1992. As each year passes and another generation of car enthusiasts start to come of age we see more cars come to popularity that were once lost to the fading memories of our childhood.

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