LFD2037

How much extra HP/TQ can a stock G-56 handle before the clutch starts slipping/ letting go?

diggity dodge

50-75hp With No Abuse

LFD2037

That's it? I thought the G-56's were tough as snot!

annabelle

Not the clutch.

Bswope

Mine held the Smarty/TST stack, when I swapped it for the DD it was actually still in pretty good shape!

LFD2037

That makes me feel a little bit better.

nelrod

Transmission can handle a lot more power, but, as Annabelle said, clutch was not set up to hold a lot more, just like previous Dodge CTD transmissions.

Hintz

NO, not at all a lot of people once they get 600+ and start drag racing them or sled pulling the casings start splitting in half

Bjans

How can you tell which trans you have g 56 or nv 5600?

rich

g56 reverse is lower left, late 05 and up, believe in the oct 06 made trucks have the better overdrive

coblanchard

My stock clutch wouldn't hold software #2 on the smarty jr, and this was just layin on the throttle going down the highway without towing anything.

Joe Reitman

Probably depends on what gear you are in when you hammer it. I have the Dr. Performance Stage III 110/220 module, but never hammer it in 6th, and only really hammered it in 5th once. Seems like if you just get on it hard in 2-4th there is less load on the clutch. That's my theory anyway.

Not that I would try to sled pull or drag race on a stock clutch anyway...

Tacsavage

Nope. A lot of failures in these things. Seems like 4th gear is a common one to go. 600hp seems to be the point at which a lot have failed. Tac

Boz007

Weird. Mine held software #7 on 35's for quite some time. When i put the 37's on it decided to quit.

CaptainKelley

Smaty jr on 3 will slip at will. Holds two pretty good. Set on 3 at 80% pod dosent slip but something is getting bound up because once in a while i cant push the clutch in.Like the throw out bearing is binding. It's going in tomorrow for a new clutch. Will post new thread on the results.