LS1 Z28 and a broken T-5.
 

My trans started getting a little noisy after my last race that I posted and it gets worse....

I was coming home from band practice last night when a new orange Z28 pulls along side with his R's up. I slow down and drop into 3rd around 3500 rpm. I let him take the jump and floor it. I am creeping on him until my rev's hit around 4500-5000 where I really start to pull I let off after the top of 3rd with about a 1.5-2 car lead.

Well this guy wants to go again! So I slow down and crack the bottle to lay real waste to him. He takes the jump again and a second after I floor it..... CRRAAAACCCCZZZXXXQQSSS!!!SNAP CRACKLE GRIND! 3rd gear is gone! He is next to me revving his motor while I am coasting with my trans making some ungodly nasty noises. I limped home to the sounds of broken gears and the smell of leaking trans fluid from the cracked case. http://www.mustangworks.com/msgboard/smile.gif

I'll be out of commission again for a couple of weeks. http://www.mustangworks.com/msgboard/frown.gif

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1988 Mustang GT
12.0 @ 122
1992 BadAzz Wrangler
1993 Explorer

Nice run...I'd say it's about time to upgrade to a Tremec. Are you going to rebuild the T-5 again?

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1989 lx notch
89,000 miles
bolt-ons,stock heads/cam
60'- 2.07, 8.90@78, 13.93@99

Man that sux, tonight at the track i saw some guy in a 95 vert with e.t. srteets, break 3rd, it was making a nasty noise, but i feel for him, cuz i know my whiney As$ t-5 is just barely making it.

Thats a good trap speed, on a blower or nos, or both?

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90 lx coupe: 175k miles, steeda water pump pully, hurst shifter, Mac cold air fenderwell, accel supercoil, ADS chip, aluminum D/S, Black magic fan, 3.27grs.
Best time: 13.9116(on 225/60/15 firehawks)
Best mph: 98.17
Best 60': 1.9607

next mods: subframes, mac h-pipe

k

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94' Stang GT Convertible Cobra upper&lower, Mac cold air w/K&N, Full exhaust, 3.55, etc. 14.4@100.

Sorry to hear about your broken T5. I read an article somewhere recently about the new TK0-2. It is supposed to have a much stronger 3rd gear than the original TKO's. Maybe worth a shot?

E

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1991 5.0 LX Coupe - 38,000 miles

13.17 @ 106.14 mph w/ 2.138 60'

The 122 trap speed was on a 100 hp dry shot.
I just put in another T-5 after work today. Thanks to Red514lx for providing the spare.
It shifts great now!!!!

can you ask Red514LX to hook me up with a trans? Now that I'm using ET streets I'm nervous every time i launch or shift to third.

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93 Coupe, long tubes, pro chamber, flowmasters, 3.73, auburn, alum driveshft, subframes, tri-ax, pulley, 73mm MAF, cobra Rs.

Rob,

I hope you get a lot of miles out of that T5. Remember though, T5s were designed to run in cars trapping 98mph -- not 122mph http://www.mustangworks.com/msgboard/wink.gif

Dashapht, I'm fresh out of T5s hehehe. I do have a stock bellhousing for the T5 for $25 though.

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Jeff Kane
1990 LX Mustang ex-5.0 Coupe
No engine. No transmission.
Prepping car for a "big" big-block.
http://hometown.aol.com/red514lx/