Got the new combo in my sig together and running for a few weeks now.. Have had a few street races, and just the odd back road late night fun session with the new parts. Nothing serious. Prior to the new AFRs and Edelbrock intake, the tranny was/worked perfect... no noises etc.
This 330 ft lb T5-Z has only had maybe 10 passes on slicks total. And, was only ever behind my internally stock engine [till a few weeks ago when I installed the AFRs]. I did powershift it when at track, or there was a race. My T5-Z only has about 5000 miles on it, was bought brand new in Sept, 2002, and is starting to take a dump I think...
When you back up and start letting the clutch out, you can hear a strange rattling coming from under the car/inside the tranny.. does it sometimes when taking off in 1st. Also at idle, there's a very quiet metallic groaning sound.. almost the same sound as a machine shop turning a brake rotor, but its real quiet and sounds like its under the console right about where the bellhousing/front of trans is...[input shaft bearing??] Pushing in the clutch doesn't change anything. Groaning isn't heard when driving but it does have a whine to it, although its whined a tad since new. Every T5-Z i've heard whines a tad in 1st 2nd and 3rd.
With 5000 miles on it, and my motor making maybe 320 FLYWHEEL HP on a nice cool day.. there's no way this new combo should be killing this T5-Z.
How far/fast have some of you gone with the Z trannies? This is rediculous with 5000 miles on it. No??
This 330 ft lb T5-Z has only had maybe 10 passes on slicks total. And, was only ever behind my internally stock engine [till a few weeks ago when I installed the AFRs]. I did powershift it when at track, or there was a race. My T5-Z only has about 5000 miles on it, was bought brand new in Sept, 2002, and is starting to take a dump I think...
When you back up and start letting the clutch out, you can hear a strange rattling coming from under the car/inside the tranny.. does it sometimes when taking off in 1st. Also at idle, there's a very quiet metallic groaning sound.. almost the same sound as a machine shop turning a brake rotor, but its real quiet and sounds like its under the console right about where the bellhousing/front of trans is...[input shaft bearing??] Pushing in the clutch doesn't change anything. Groaning isn't heard when driving but it does have a whine to it, although its whined a tad since new. Every T5-Z i've heard whines a tad in 1st 2nd and 3rd.
With 5000 miles on it, and my motor making maybe 320 FLYWHEEL HP on a nice cool day.. there's no way this new combo should be killing this T5-Z.
How far/fast have some of you gone with the Z trannies? This is rediculous with 5000 miles on it. No??