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Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: Arcadia, CA, USA
Posts: 731
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![]() Need your opinions. As some of you know, I've broken my second T-5 in a year. It will cost $2,500 for a TKO with bellhousing, yoke, driveshaft, shifter, and I also believe the clutch.
Is this worth doing? I want to run on a set of 10" slicks and make an 11 second pass. Is there a cheaper transmission that can hold up to the abuse? ------------------ Russ L '91 LX Procharger, 3 row intercooler, extrude honed Cobra intake, Mac full Length Headers, 30# inj., 73mm C&L, 75mm tb, E303 cam, 289 rods, ported E7 heads, MSD, T-Rex w/255 lph Walbro, 5 lug conversion, Cobra R wheels, 3.27 gears and Moser Axles. |
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 234
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![]() I think you should do it. It's alot of money but it's nice having a tranny you don't have to worry about. The tremec 3550 would be cheaper and no driveshaft yolk or special clutch. The only difference in the two are the input/output shaft is beefed up in the TKO.
However since you are in the 11's and will probably want to go faster I would get the TKO. My buddy broke 3 t-5's so when I went stick I went straight to 3550. So far so good. Bite the bullet, survive at the track and sleep at night. Good luck. ------------------ 82 Mercury Capri 302, Comp. Cams, Tremec 3550, 3.73's, 12.8@106 N/A Kevin's Capri Kevin's Mustang |
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Kansas
Posts: 59
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![]() Definately worth it. I broke an aod, and then a t-5 before i went to a tremec tko. I wish i would have gone straight for the tko in the first place and saved money. It's expensive at first. But figure in the cost of a couple of t-5's and then a super tough tko won't sound so bad.
------------------ vortech s trim,edelbrock 6032's, b303, cobra intake, 70mm tb, pro m 75mm bullet, granatelli alum. rad., accel 330+ digital ign., msd boost tim. ret., 30# inj., 190 lph fuel pump, t-rex pump, bbk, press. reg., tremec tko, ram billet flywheel, dual friction clutch, pro 5.0 shifter, 4.10 gears, aluminum quadrant, motorsport alum. driveshaft, hooker headers, off road h pipe, flowmaster cat back, subframes, megabyte jr lowers, heavy duty uppers, eibach springs drag springs, koni sport shocks, polish |
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Join Date: May 1999
Posts: 5,246
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![]() What's a T-56 goin for these days?
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Mission Viejo,Ca
Posts: 37
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![]() About $2,300-2,500.
------------------ 89gt,3.73's,tremec 3550,Steeda tri-ax,aluminum driveshaft,Asp underdrives,Flowmast |
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Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: Ventura, California
Posts: 8,981
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![]() $2195 at Hawaii Racing http://www.hawaiiracing.com/fordform.html (bottom of the page).
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#7 |
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Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: Arcadia, CA, USA
Posts: 731
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![]() Hmmm...the T-56 was a possibility, but I was afraid the total parts cost would exceed 3 Large. I'm breaking the bank at $2500, and I don't really need a 6th gear.
------------------ Russ L '91 LX Procharger, 3 row intercooler, extrude honed Cobra intake, Mac full Length Headers, 30# inj., 73mm C&L, 75mm tb, E303 cam, 289 rods, ported E7 heads, MSD, T-Rex w/255 lph Walbro, 5 lug conversion, Cobra R wheels, 3.27 gears and Moser Axles. |
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Tubbed and Juiced
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Posts: 1,861
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![]() If you were going with a T56, I woud def. go with a Viper T56, and that cost like $3200+ with everything. If your going the tremec route, I would really consider looking into the new TKO II.
------------------ -1989 GT, not stock. -2000 Camaro SS-A4, -1989 Chevy S-10, EX. Cab-383, RPM air-gap intake, demon carb., tubbed, trick flow TW heads, trick flow pistons, 6" rod's, etc... autometer phantom gauges, "built" 700R4, roll cage, lexan back window, corbeau seats, R.H.S. 5 harnesses, Fuel cell, convo pro wheels, 15x14's with 29x18.5 M/T'S on back, 15x4's on front, nitrous, 4 inch cowl hood, Ford 9", auburn Pro-series Posi, Pro-billet distributor, Sanderson Jet-hot coated headers, Custom radiator, |
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: westerville, OH USA
Posts: 618
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![]() Does anyone know if you can get a bellhousing/clutch/flywheel setup to bolt a TKO II up to a 460 block?
------------------ 86 Mustang GT w/pretty stock 93 5.0 (e-cam,pulleys,injectors, throttlebody,h-pipe,headers) Swapping out the 302 for a 514 stroker(was a 429)-cobrajet heads, solid roller cam, victor intake, TKO II trans, 3.73's w/axles&c-clip eliminaters. |
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Tubbed and Juiced
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Posts: 1,861
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![]() Yeah you can, they do it all the time in the cobra replica cars. Tremec bolted up to a 460. I've heard only good things about D&D Performance. Give them a call, I'm sure they could help you out.
www.ddperformance.com (248)-926-6220 |
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