You have to define "need". The T56 is a nice shifting trans, but a short throw upgraded shifter like a Barton or MGW is a really nice option. I had a Barton on my TR6060 in my GT500 and really liked it, and switched to an MGW and liked it as well.
Yeah...oh well. I'll get it figured out. I have my old block from when I broke the ring land and I don't THINK there was any damage to the cylinders or crank on that one. I'll gather some info and post what I decide to do in the next couple of days.
A bunch of this is moot at this point. I have badly badly scored cylinder walls on the thrust side of the driver's side of the block. This is another huge kick in the sack.
The GT350 should still fit. I don't think you will need tuning. The PCM on these cars is pretty good at adapting to something like that. Are you certain that the intake was the cause of your misfire codes? Was it the IMRC's causing the misfire and that's why you are switching, or are you...
The thing people need to ask themselves when new things like this are proposed is - How badly can someone/the government abuse this technology? We all want the good things that can come about by using a system like these flock cameras, but there will ALWAYS be those that abuse it and use it...
If I get rid of mine, which I probably won't, I would only do it for a Mexican GTR or a Mach1, and the Mach1 I would be looking to try a turbo. I had an S197 GT500 and absolutely loved it. At this point, I really only like the GT500 version of the S197's.
I talked with the shop and decided while they are THAT deep to go ahead and pull the engine. I want to look at the crank bearings, and re-ring the pistons. Might as well, right?
So the answer was the tech working on it isn't there today, but they'll get back to me on it Monday. Why he couldn't just go out there and look at them really quickly I don't know. That being said, he did say they last time they were in there to change a phaser and a solenoid, they pulled them...