Both transmissions are about the same. If you are going to swap the transmission out, swap it to something worth your while. The 3650 is also a one piece bellhousing and transmission, which is even more of PITA.
Kurt
3650 is much stronger then a T5. But like you said the 1 piece bell is a huge PITA is you have to pull the transmission, specially with long tubes.
Depending on what you need you could go Gforce, TKO, T56, etc.
The 3650 is not that much stronger, that is a myth. I had a friend go through three 3650s in his Cobra before he swapped to a T-5.
Kurt
If you want to look at it like that in the amount of time I've owned a car with a t5 I've rebuilt it 3x but my friend with a 3650 just only recently smoked a synchro. (He bought his 02 GT a month after I got my 95, and put way more mileage/passes on his car too.)
But stories like that don't really carry much weight because there are too many factors, so I wouldn't really use a point like that. More so to the point the 3650 has a higher torque rating, (then a t5) and one of the main reasons t5s take a crap is the case is bents/twists causing the main shaft to fall out of alignment. If you've ever lifted a t5 then a 3650 I don't need to tell you which one has a the stronger/heavier case.
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