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Is it worth rebuilding this T5?

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  • Start date Start date Apr 17, 2005

DarkMesa8

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  • Apr 17, 2005
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Budget only allows me to place my T5 behind my new 351W with AFRs, FTI Cam, TFR intake, exhaust, etc etc.

Budget will allow me in a few months to install G-Force internals.

In the mean time... the T5 already gives me a rare 2nd and 3rd gear grind when racing, and often grinds 2nd when cold. For the most part, I can drive it hard with no grinds at all, but every once and a while it shows its fatigue.

I'm considering throwing in a D&D rebuild kit myself, so that'd be just $180 something after shipping (I think). My pause, is that when the G-Force internals go in everything is going to be replaced anyways.

Will a rebuild give an extra time cushion before she blows up, or am I just wasting my money? Is the risk of blowing the T5 behind a high torque 351W during shifts, or midgear (can it actually shred a gear?).

I'm an easy race shifter (gas off, clutch in, change gear, clutch out, gas in... all very fast mind you)
 
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I just spent 680 + 175 (on my first set of gears) on fixing my T-5. Well From what I have been told even after the G-Force Internals you will just crack the housing. I was talking to a guy from a speed shop over in Arlington, TX.

Invest your tranny money into something that you can can a nice precentage back quick. Thats how I even get a chance to mod (fix) my car. I buy stuff at my job and resell it on ebay.
 
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