07-15-2007, 08:06 PM | #11 |
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well I have a tko500 in my coupe now with no problems yet (key word yet)
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07-15-2007, 08:09 PM | #12 | |
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Brian's tko 500 will not go into 3rd wot at high rpm. The only way he can get it to go in is to granny shift it. Tommy's tko has a bad vibration he can't get out of it. The guy that has Shankin's old green coupe has the same 3rd gear issue as Brian according to what he said at our last track day. In my opinion the only manual tranny's to use with a nicely powered mustang is a t-56 or a gforce t-5. The latter is what I plan to do whenever I have the money to upgrade. http://www.gforcetransmissions.com/tran_gt-5.asp
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07-15-2007, 09:23 PM | #13 |
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The 3.90 gear will be fine with the 600 Tremec. And yes, there are some folks with issues...but many more with no problems at all. I couldn't recommend either way unless you have it "pro-built." A sure bet would be to get one through a shop who modifies them with some higher-capacity parts. For instance, ProMotion Powertrain adds billet shift forks and blueprints some extra stuff; they faceplate the gearsets instead of the synchros...those transmissions shift fine behind 500hp at 9,000 RPM.
All in all, Tremecs are stronger cases than the G-force modified T5, but at your 400 hp level, the G-force would be fine. The only troubles with those arrive when sustained 600 hp levels are seen.
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07-15-2007, 11:50 PM | #14 |
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G-force it, I highly recommend them.
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07-16-2007, 05:01 AM | #15 |
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Not very friendly on the street though. Besides, it's a bit overkill for what Brandon is looking for.
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07-16-2007, 05:03 AM | #16 |
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My post just before yours clearly shows the ratios. It's a 3.27 vs. 2.87.
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07-16-2007, 05:07 AM | #17 |
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You will hear horror stories from both sides of the fence.
you want a trans for more street duty than anything and im sure you won't be racing it all the time. the tko500/600 was your first choice so why not stick with it.
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I don't want to steer you away from Tremec because I'm sure they can put out some decent stuff... I just wasn't lucky enough to get one of their good transmissions. Tremec appears to have a proplem with quality based on all of the complaint threads on the internet forums.
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07-16-2007, 01:13 PM | #19 |
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The g-force units are pretty pricey. They're showing 2000$ for a remanu. kit with street gears. For that price I think I'd rather take my chances with a tremec.
The tremec was my first choice, but I don't know much about ford trans. so I was making sure I wasn't overlooking something. It was mainly my first choice given how many 351c guys were using them.
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07-16-2007, 01:29 PM | #20 |
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that is still cheaper than a tremec
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