I have to share this...... I have been hearing every older guy tell me how weak saginaws were and how they tore up 10 before they put a super T10 in or a auto. When i built my turbo LS drift car on a budget I scored a cheap/free saginaw 4 speed with a shifter and bellhousing. The car made 535/540 tq for a full 2 seasons and never broke with that setup and let me tell you I was shifting that car sideways off the rev limiter every day. I pushed the car farther with a built 6.0 LS and the trans finally exploded at 643hp 713 ft lbs. I then got ANOTHER free one and ran it for about 3 months and it then exploded again so I ended up putting a T56 in the car.
Moral of the story is they are way stronger that everyone says. I feel like everyone online has “heard” of them breaking from someone else that “heard” it online somewhere. My buddy has one behind a 5.3 LS in a 2wd c10 with no issues for years and he hammers it around town pretty good. So dont be scared.
