anyone wanna trade their g56 for an 05 auto

[TFarrell]

i have an 05 automatic with less than 15k on the clock and and getting tired of automatic. is there anyone out there that would like to trade up..... ? i love the auto sometimes but now i wish i bought a manual transmission truck. i know i could swap out trannies, but thats big$$$$ and dont have the time. just corious if anyone would be interested???

 

[PGreenleaf]

Get the overdrive lockout switch installed on your auto. You'll like the auto much better. I think B W makes one.

 

[Grizzly]

Why not go for an NV5600?

 

[AKaiser]

Why not go for an NV5600?

Maybe because they're obsolete (no longer made).

 

[Grizzly]

Maybe because they're obsolete (no longer made).

He talking about swapping with someone, Lot of NV5600's out there including the early 05's.

 

[AKaiser]

He talking about swapping with someone, Lot of NV5600's out there including the early 05's.

My point was that the transmission would be more pain to fix if necessary, as the supply chain has been disrupted. There are threads out about NV5600 replace/repair woes.

 

[RVTRKN]

From someone who has both the G56 & NV5600, I believe the G56 would be the better choice. After driving my G56 all week and then drive the NV5600 on the weekends, it reminds me why I almost bought the new Aison auto. The NV5600 is a HD trany and is the stiffest trany I have ever drivin, I actually formed calluses when I was driving it every day. The G56 has performed better than I expected and is a smooth shifting transmission and is more forgiving rowing through the gears.



The NV5600 needs more concentration, if you dont keep your mind on the gear your in, then 5th is hard to find and you have too double clutch and when towing can be a problem when you lose track of your gear and dont have your radio up too loud when learning shift patterns.



The G56 has issues as well, for example, 2nd gear is slightly taller than the NV5600 and when engaging the clutch in 2nd from a start, you must push on the throttle before it engages or it will stall sometimes, so I just start in 1st to prevent premature clutch wear. When accelerating in 4th and you are close to top speed and you shift to 5th you are already half way through the power band for 5th gear and you allmost feel like you slipped the clutch for a split second

 

[Grizzly]

I've not had any problem with my NV5600. I have driven one with the G56, which is okay, but I still like the NV5600 better. To each his own.

 

[jkoplin]

jason here I would not worry too much about which manual you get. I find that the NV5600 is stiff but it is for towing when you have a load on the truck it feels great. Also my brother has the g56 and the gearing in the g56 is lower, quite a bit lower. I get almost 10mph out of 2000rpm in sixth gear. He is looking at either redoing the gears in the axles or putting a 3000$ Gear Vendors on it just to get it drivable. The NV5600 is stiff but solid and it is in the tolerable range for gearing. I have had zero problems with two NV5600's 200000 miles and lots of 4wheelin and towing in Colorado. I didn't want a car I wanted a bomb proof truck.

 

[TFarrell]

im sorry i might have messed up when i put the trans model, i meant whatever manual trans they put in the 3rd gens. just wanted to see if anyone was interested in swapping trucks, becasue i want a manual and i was hoping someone wanted a stick

 

[APacitti]

I've been wanting to get an auto, but i suspect due to my miles 55,000 and various nics and scratches it would cost me to much.

 

[AKaiser]

From someone who has both the G56 & NV5600, I believe the G56 would be the better choice. After driving my G56 all week and then drive the NV5600 on the weekends, it reminds me why I almost bought the new Aison auto. The NV5600 is a HD trany and is the stiffest trany I have ever drivin, I actually formed calluses when I was driving it every day. The G56 has performed better than I expected and is a smooth shifting transmission and is more forgiving rowing through the gears.



The NV5600 needs more concentration, if you dont keep your mind on the gear your in, then 5th is hard to find and you have too double clutch and when towing can be a problem when you lose track of your gear and dont have your radio up too loud when learning shift patterns.



The G56 has issues as well, for example, 2nd gear is slightly taller than the NV5600 and when engaging the clutch in 2nd from a start, you must push on the throttle before it engages or it will stall sometimes, so I just start in 1st to prevent premature clutch wear. When accelerating in 4th and you are close to top speed and you shift to 5th you are already half way through the power band for 5th gear and you allmost feel like you slipped the clutch for a split second

I've never had to accelerate in 2d to keep from stalling with my 05 Model 5. 9/G56, but if you let out too rapidly, you WILL kill it. It can be a real pain to restart, owing to the DMF problem. Heck, if you ease out carefully, you can take off in 3rd, though I don't recommend, as you'll eventually burn out the clutch. As for the 4th to 5th shift, you can shift about 2700 instead of 3000 like you need to from 3d to 4th, if you're trying to keep the engine above 2000, for example. Consult the gear speed calculator tables on klenger.net/dodge website and you'll see what I'm talking about.



My ideal shift points under full load, assuming we want to keep the engine above 2000 RPM on the next higher gear. As the load is reduced, the RPMs can be reduced at upshift, but I don't think you would get much below 1600, except under no load to light load.

1st to 2d: 2000 would be fine to get it moving for the jump to second.

2d to 3d: redline (3100+)

3d to 4th: redline

4th to 5th: 27-2800

5th to 6th: 25-2600 if at all

 

[RVTRKN]

I like both trany's, just pointing out the differances, the NV5600 is a heavy duty trans and feels like it. But it doesn't take long to fiqure out it is stiff and when towing is better but don't lose track of what gear your in.



Compared to my NV5600 the trany does fell like a lighter duty trans but feels capable anyway. I wont slip the clutch any longer than I do for the NV5600 starting in 2nd. Starting out in 1st is not that bad with a weight of 10K unloaded.