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    Getting it back together!!

    Thanks it's a good feeling doing it yourself. I have a question though that I know has been beaten to death. I have no smog but I need to put in new vacuum lines, I have the lines but I don't know which I need and which are not needed.....
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    Getting it back together!!

    That my friend is for the exhaust hangers on the h-pipe. Did ur car start out as a 4 banger, cause they had a single exhuast and as far as I know don't need the dual mount..You most likly have soild tranny/motor mounts, that will make the car vibrate a lot more..here is a pic with the...
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    Getting it back together!!

    We put in the new tranny, new fluid, the new shifter, old nob, got the ds back on, the h-pipe is back on, new brake line, bled the brakes, and im tired....still have to put on the catback and tips. The new tranny is a Z-spec and seems great so far..:nice:
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    Getting it back together!!

    The tranny came in today. Me, a good friend, and my gf helped me out. It was rough doing it on the bumpy pavement and jackstands but we got it about 90% done. The catback and tips need to go back on then the car is done....for now:D My 3rd gear... The old...
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    New DD - 2006 GTO

    yes the car spun going into 3rd not close to all of 3rd though...The stock tires are good for cutting pizzas... Yea with better tires the car is good for 12.5's. I have seen plenty of stock gto's with a good driver and some time behind the wheel hit 12.5's with some mt's. My car trapped...
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    Wow...just wow..

    He did $1,100 worth of damage.....he needs to pay it all back....who cares if he still has the car or not... He did the damage, now tell him to man up.
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    Getting it back together!!

    I got the new brake line on the car and that was pretty easy to do also. I put in the 2 new bolts for the bottom of the bell housing and found out that the lower hole for the starter motor was stripped out. So I have to get another longer bolt and a lock nut to keep it tight...Things seem to be...
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    Getting it back together!!

    Getting it back together!! pics.. :D Well after blowing my t-5 i have been slowly putting the car back together. Today I put in my new kc clutch and the bellhousing is back on. I painted the cover for the clutch cable to try clean it up a little....not much but it will add up in the end.:nice...
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    Blew my t-5..

    Can you use any atf?
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    Blew my t-5..

    The bellhousing is off and so is the clutch..The only hard part was getting the top bolt off the starter. It took some grunt and I hit my hand hard when it broke loose... The clutch seems to be in decent shape, it never slipped or anything. I'm just replacing because it's all apart anyhoo. I...
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    Blew my t-5..

    If i get all my stuff in time hopefully mon/tuesday of next week. I think I can do it. I just won a alum. driveshaft for $160 shipped so thats going on the car also. My clutch should come in today but I still have to remove the bellhouseing and the clutch thats on the car still. You...
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    Blew my t-5..

    Well thanks for the help guys but I just got a new tranny for $850...well a remanufactured one. It has a few little things that should make it hold my near stock power levels like nothing. For me getting the t-5 out today was so easy. I used a jack to support the crossmember as I unbloted it...
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    Blew my t-5..

    Well jeeze that simple enough..lol..yea I knew I blew out third cause I limped it home and 1,2,4,5 worked...it went boom when I shifted into 3rd at wot....Well I'm this far already and I have yet to find a good deal on a hole unit....do you think it's really that hard to rebuild it with that...
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    Blew my t-5..

    Well the tranny is out and I have it taken about half apart. I need to get some snap ring plyers to take out the 5th gear asembly. TALK about a walk in the park it took me about 1 hour and 20 min. Thats counting me jacking it up and explaining every step to my girlfriend along with clean...
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    Blew my t-5..

    man you are really helping thanks a lot!!!:nice: :flag: Do you know of any good writeups on the rear main seal or is it eaiser than im thinking...:shrug:
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    Blew my t-5..

    Cool thanks for the help. I have the pro 5.0 and cobra clutch on their way as of today...now I need the tranny.. What other little things would you guys go about replacing along with the things I'm already adding. What about the fork, and the clutch cable?
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    Blew my t-5..

    Ic. Well the driveshaft is out....and how come no one told me it would take but 15 min...:rlaugh: I also disconnected everything from the shifter asembly and that was cake also maybe 5 min of work....I only got this far than ran out of light...time has been tight... Maybe tomorrow I...
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    Blew my t-5..

    Well I'm waiting on a deal from a guy about 6hrs away with a used t-5 for $300. I hope its what he says it is becuase than I can get this thing back together before school starts. I ordered a pro 5.0 sts and have a king cobra clutch kit that im keeping an eye out for $165. Is $330 too much for...
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    Blew my t-5..

    I'm keeping my eye out for a w/c t-5 but it's gonna be like $700 on ebay. The guy says it's rebuilt with the 3:35 first gear and all the good stuff ect, with 0 miles on it. his feedback is good and it looks like he has done it a few times b4 and everyone that gave him feedback said their...
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    went to the track =D

    Good times but with a 150 shot? I have seen a 75 shot 5.0 pull a full exhaust ls1 that can trap 109...should your car not be in like the 115mph range? Do you have a bottle heater, what was the bottle pressure?