Buying a T56 Magnum from Summit Racing?

[Samckitt]

Any place better to order it through? Summit's price is $2875.

[TnBlkC230WZ]

That's a pretty good price

[Roberts68]

Tremec controls the price and I am surprised to see even the twenty bucks off. $2895 is the going rate and the story is that anyone advertising less can lose their distributor status.

I would verify stock if I was going to order from them.

I am 12th in line with American Powertrain last I checked and they have a BIG order in so mine should be in that batch.

[dj3]

See if you can find a Summit 10% discount code

[jlay]

I bought mine from Hurst as a package with the yolk, thrust bearing, mount, sensor plugs,(i think that was all) and free shipping for $3120.

[The WidowMaker]

summit has the 10% off coupons as mentioned above. spent a while searching, but a lot of guys get them at events and then pass them on. got 10% off my magnum.

[sgernon]

I'm trying to purchase a Magnum myself. Paul sent me a quote from American Powertrain and when I compare the pricing with Summit for everything he is ~$480 cheaper than Summit for the kit. Summit has the trans in stock and I could get it in 1 day. I also wanted to use my Summit account for the purchase so I could get zero interest and hold on to the cash so I called Summit and asked them if they could either meet the pricing for the kit or help with a 10% discount. They won't match pricing without specific PN's and say they also can't offer any discounts even though I purchase at least $200 worth of stuff every month. I even went ahead and asked about getting an SCCA, NASA or NCRC discount and was rejected becuase they only offer pro shop pricing for NHRA or IHRA cometition licenses.

Looks like I'll be giviing Paul a call next week for the purchase. It's probably better too since he actually knew what a T-56 Magnum was, the guys I talked to at Summit had no clue what the trans even was.

[Samckitt]

Sqernon, are you saying that the 10% summit discount code is not applicable? I only need the transmission, not the whole kit.

[sgernon]

I'm not saying that. I'm saying I don't have a 10% coupon that's valid and tried to talk them into giving me one since I spend a good amount with them each year. I also tried using the price matching. I was not successful with either. They said there are not any active coupons available but if anyone has any I'd gladly use it for them and prove Summit wrong.

[Samckitt]

Ah gotcha.

[sgernon]

I finally gave up on my purchase through Summit. I am a very regular customer for them but it feels as though the customer service (and knowledge base) has declined tremendously over the last 6 months. I gave them many opportunities to meet the American Powertain price so I could hold my cash by using the zero interest offer but the sales team there really could care less about winning my business. Paul at American Powertrain was very easy to work with and was able to build the kit I needed at a price I can live with. Hopefully the delivery and install is as smooth, I assume it will be.

[Chev67]

I just bought one from Bill at American Powertrain. I am pleased the with price.

[Roberts68]

Paul was my salesman as well and it arrived today coincidentally!

[Chev67]

How long did you have to wait?

[Roberts68]

How long did you have to wait?

I looked up my invoice date. I had forgotten I placed my order on my daughters 20th birthday!

I was quoted a month, that's more like 3 weeks.

[Chev67]

Bill noted today that the T56's are getting hard to get because they are not producing them in high quantities. That was the first I heard that. I am hoping to see mine in that timeframe.

[BigBlockOlds]

Little off topic but if you already have a T-56 can it be rebuilt to the Magnum "specs"? Or is there more to the Magnum T-56 than just the hard part internals?

[Roberts68]

Little off topic but if you already have a T-56 can it be rebuilt to the Magnum "specs"? Or is there more to the Magnum T-56 than just the hard part internals?

I recommend that you take a look at these links.

I can't give you an outright answer but this article shows a nice comparison and was pretty educational for me as I did not know what specifically made a T56 Magnum different from a regular T56.

Modern Driveline T56 comparison

Here is a nice T56magnum video with Bret from ridetech and I think it is Gray from American Powertrain. I am pasting it from this post.

Bret's opinion really mattered to me because he has access to anything in the industry he could want and has punished numerous cars more than I ever will the one that I have.

I'm not sure you will find the exact answer, but it seems a good place to plunk down some info I regarded as helpful when I was sitting on the fence between ordering a kit or doing piecemeal with a used T56 like some of my buddies.

[Samckitt]

Hey Andrew, funny I was just looking at some posts on another site (Jeep steering shaft) & saw the rendering of your Olds. How's it coming, rendering looks great.

[BigBlockOlds]

I recommend that you take a look at these links.

I can't give you an outright answer but this article shows a nice comparison and was pretty educational for me as I did not know what specifically made a T56 Magnum different from a regular T56.

Modern Driveline T56 comparison

Thanks for the links. Right after I posted this last night I happened upon that link and did a quick read. It appears like most of the internals are what changed (larger gears, better synchros, shift fork design, etc.) but it appears the case was redesigned as well.

I'll likely see how long this T-56 I have in the car now lasts and then look at buying a Magnum if I start breaking parts.