I helped a buddy of mine swap in a T56 6-speed transmission into his 1987 Monte Carlo SS. The car had a built 383 stroker motor, ported Bowtie heads, about 10.5:1 compression, lots of nitrous, longtube headers. Well, we had to remove the exhaust in order to fab and install the transmission crossmember. Once we got everything installed and driveshaft in and all that good stuff, we couldn't help but start it up and run it through the gears. We lit that puppy off and ran it through the gears while the car was on jackstands. Low RPM's, just to make sure everything was doing what it needed to and the clutch master and slave cylinders were bled properly. Everything worked great, then I looked at my watch and it was 3:15am. Jason didn't realize the time and was reving the car because he was so excited we had just completed the first T56 swap into a G-Body. *RRRRAAAAAAAAP-POW!!!!* *RRRAA-POW!!* We were stoked. We then cracked open another couple beers and just sat there debating whether or not to take it for a real test drive or to wait till morning. Then his neighbor came over.
He said, "Hey fellas, what's up?"
"Just finished the 6-speed swap in the ol' Monte" Jason said.
"Oh nice, do you guys know what time it is?"
"I have no clue man, I took my watch off when I started working on this thing, maybe midnight? I'm not sure, we haven't been at it that long."
"It's 3:30am dude..."
"Oh, well sh*t... My bad dude, you wanna beer?"
"yeah... lemme get one"
It was great. LOL That guy was pretty cool though. I would either be over there helping the guy, or at least get his phone number so I could call him if he does it late at night and tell him to cut that sh*t out. LOL