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    Lol - I had a Fox Mustang back in the day. Broke way too many T5s. Wouldn't touch another one with a 10 foot pole. Not in a street car, not in a drag car, and not in a road race car. No way, no how.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kbrewmr2 View Post
    Lol - I had a Fox Mustang back in the day. Broke way too many T5s.
    Yea, T5's are bad news for people who don't know how to drive/shift. For the rest of us, they do just fine...


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    Quote Originally Posted by RichardP View Post
    Yea, T5's are bad news for people who don't know how to drive/shift. For the rest of us, they do just fine...
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    Mine does pretty good too on durability. I just can't let Michael drive the car. .
    Now that I reshimed the input shaft (to the tune of .035) since Hallett, hopefully I can make more than 50% of the 2-3 shifts!
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    I meant to have a "wink" smiley behind the "can't let Michael drive the car" comment... Don't want people think the sheriff is tough on transmissions...
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    Quote Originally Posted by kbrewmr2 View Post
    Lol - I had a Fox Mustang back in the day. Broke way too many T5s. Wouldn't touch another one with a 10 foot pole. Not in a street car, not in a drag car, and not in a road race car. No way, no how.
    My old 86 GT street car with a Vortech supercharger (375rwhp/385rwtq) had the ORIGINAL T5 that survived 100k miles before the engine was upgraded, then survived another ~20k miles after the blower was installed before finally giving up. Another T5 was installed, and last I heard from the owner, it was still going strong.

    The CMC car has had three T5's in 8 years of racing - the one it came with (was questionable when I got the car, and was only used for one weekend), a second that lived for 3 seasons before breaking at MSRC, and a Liberty's Gear replacement that lasted for another 4 seasons. Upon pulling the bellhousing, flywheel and clutch, I discovered why the second T5 broke - the input shaft bearing installed by the PO was an old school brass unit (instead of the proper late model roller job) that had become oblong, allowing the input shaft to move around.

    T5's can live a long time in our environment (Richard P is a perfect example), but you have to get your shifts right. An improper downshift (operator error) with lots of axle hop is not good for longevity.

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    For every person that says "oh I ran 1,000whp through it and it was fine" etc there's at least 2-3 with Tremec, TKO, etc swaps for a reason. Jus' Sayin'.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kbrewmr2 View Post
    For every person that says "oh I ran 1,000whp through it and it was fine" etc there's at least 2-3 with Tremec, TKO, etc swaps for a reason. Jus' Sayin'.
    Yea. I know. I already said the reason. It's because some people can drive and some can't...


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    I think you have me confused with Al
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    Finally got around to finding a use for a rear GTA wheel...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alien View Post
    Finally got around to finding a use for a rear GTA wheel...

    Nicely done! (golf clap)
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