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    Senior Member Carroll Shelby
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    T56 Builder in Houston?

    Need a good T56 builder in Houston. Found a piece of "vibratory cleaning media" from my new tailshaft that has been fed through the trans and made a mess. Mostly need a 5th gear and a thorough cleaning and checking of other parts. Want good but cheap.

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    Ah, fugg it.

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    Joe Dederichs, Dederichs Motorsports in Ft. Worth.

    682.365.5555

    Not in Houston, but a T56 specialist.

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    Looking at Houston as I will be working down there in a couple weeks and could drop it off and pick it up. I found that Tick Performance is now doing very reasonable ship out/back rebuilds with a warranty for not much more than the cost of the rebuild kits. I may still tackle it myself but I am concerned about booger'd up internals from all the debris. I am on the fence right now for just pulling the trigger on a TKO 600. It's only $1500 more and saves nearly 40#. I just need to find out what the current trans needs other than a major flushing and a 5th gear ($199). Ugh.

    I have a great builder in San Antonio but that is nearly as far as DFW. One of the crappy things of living in a small town.
    Ah, fugg it.

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    http://kpracing.com/aboutus.html Joe Honeycutt used to own t56rebuilds that became sixspeedsinc which I think went BK and screwed some people but it's not like you are giving them a whole car to build. He is the guy who wrecked the 250 mph camaro at the texas mile, too.

    Who is the guy in San Antonio?
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    Quote Originally Posted by AI#97 View Post
    Looking at Houston as I will be working down there in a couple weeks and could drop it off and pick it up. I found that Tick Performance is now doing very reasonable ship out/back rebuilds with a warranty for not much more than the cost of the rebuild kits. I may still tackle it myself but I am concerned about booger'd up internals from all the debris. I am on the fence right now for just pulling the trigger on a TKO 600. It's only $1500 more and saves nearly 40#. I just need to find out what the current trans needs other than a major flushing and a 5th gear ($199). Ugh.

    I have a great builder in San Antonio but that is nearly as far as DFW. One of the crappy things of living in a small town.
    Give Joe Dederichs a call and at least ask, especially if you are going to ship it. He also sells various new units.

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    Talk to Glen at Rosehill Performance - west of Tomball.

    http://www.rosehillperformanceparts.com/

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    Talk to Tony at Astro. He's not a super big fan of TKO-600's... He can at least talk you thru the plus/minus of doing that.

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    After getting mixed reviews on the tko, i decided to break the bank and have sent the trans out to south carolina to have it faceplated. With the increased rpm range i figured its cheaper and better to not have crappy synchros giving me a headache. Hopebi like it so my fingers are crossed.
    Ah, fugg it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rob Liebbe View Post
    Talk to Glen at Rosehill Performance - west of Tomball.

    http://www.rosehillperformanceparts.com/

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    Seconded - shade tree prices, professional knowledge & skill. About 1hr from TWS too...
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