MY TRANNY WENT! WHAT TO GET?

[FastStang1587]

Hey guys, im new to these fourms. If you look in my sig, you can see what mods i have done to my stang.

My T-5 Tranny just went. I dont have 3rd or 4th gear, and went to get it looked at and of course its internal damage. I dont want to waste the money getting another damn T-5 and have it go out again, so im looking to get the Tremec TKO. Anybody on here have these? Its going to cost me 2,400 for the Tranny, Bellhousing, and labor. Does this sound alright? I dont see what other choices i have.

 

[Rootus]

Its going to cost me 2,400 for the Tranny, Bellhousing, and labor. Does this sound alright?

How much of that is labor? If you can do the work yourself, you could get a T-56 swap kit for that.

Dave

 

[FastStang1587]

BUMP^^^ I really need some help here guys plz

 

[TrueBlue95GT]

Swapping Tranny's is easy. Don't pay some guy to swap your tranny, when you can easily do it yourself. It's a four step process. Remove the driveshaft, Remove the shifter, Remove the Transmission cross member, and remove the transmission. You might have to one or two more things to swap a TKO in there, but no big deal.

 

[FastStang1587]

well my previous car was a ford focus, and i did all the work to that. I had it running mid 14's. I did cams, full exhaust, intake, pulleys, ect. So ur saying trannys is not that hard? I guess i can give it a shot

 

[5literstang]

if u can make a focus run mid 14's u can swap out a tranny

 

[fiveohh94gt]

definatly do it yourself. i have the TK600 in my car and love it. installed it myself and it took a weekend but i was taking my time. unless your planning on getting the T-56 i would recommend the TK600. i got mine from Powered By Ford and had real good luck with them and the whole thing cost me just over $2k.

 

[Numbles]

I did the TKO swap and it was not a daunting task at all. Just take it slow and remembering where the bolts go wont be a problem.

Of course if you try and rush it like me you run into problems. I cant stress enough how taking your time helps on this install.

There are a few things you are going to need with the TKO install other than a bellhousing.
You will need a driveshaft spacer,

TKO specific clutch fork,

26t clutch disc,

87-93 clutch cable dust cover,

2 smaller bolts for the top two holes on the aluminum bellhousing from tremec. The bellhousing to block bolts. You can use 2 of the new bolts that come with the trans.

A new trans mount is reccomended, mine was in alright shape but I replaced it anyways with a polyurethane one from energy suspension.

You will need a shift handle to go with the hurst shifter that comes with the trans. Remember tremec discontinued the tremec 3550 and replaced it with the tko500/600 So they come with a hurst short shifter. The stock handle will work but you will need to get bushings, SLP and Steeda both sell these bushings.

FYI, the exhaust bracket under the trans will have to be scraped unless you can modify it to fit. You really dont need it but there is one person on this forum I think that has done it.

And indexing the bellhousing is highly recommended from alot of people from this site. (Killer) I havent done mine yet but will when my new parts come in so I can get ready for the winter teardown. I have noticed no vibration from the trans so I "think" its in spec. But I will check.

Sorry for the rambling post. Feel free to ask more questions there are tons of TKO users here so we can help.

Oh and save your money, install it yourself.

EDIT: If you need the driveshaft spacer let me know. I just had a local shop make me a new driveshaft. Its yours if you pay for shipping, thats all.

Dan.

 

[FastStang1587]

that sounds like a lot of work lol. Did u read what was wrong with my car. COuld it just be the linkage or forks got messed up somehow? I hate to get a another tranny if i have to. Any other good trannys out there that can take a beating??

 

[FastStang1587]

^^BUMP

 

[FastStang1587]

^^BUMP. Come on guys, need more opinions/options here.

 

[go-stang5.0]

YOu could try the GForce T-5 kit. THey say its good for 500 hp or so. Even if thats over rated you have a pretty mild setup and so far the gforce has held up good on mine. it was 1100 for the gforce gear set and T-5 rebuild kit. And 120 for the 26 spline clutch disc (which you will need for the TKO anyways) and 250 for labor to have a local shop to rebuild it. So for less than 1500, I had a new tranny that was stronger than a t-5. Plus this setup is an easy straight up install (no mods or specialty parts needed, except the new clutch disc) and it does not add any weight to the car/the front end like the heavier tremecs do.

 

[BlueOvalStangGT]

tell us more about this focus, my freind just got a svt focus and i dont know **** about it or what we can do to get started on some good times at the track

 

[revhead347]

I have a regular t-3550, and I have had great luck with it. You can pick one up used for a good price. You will have to get a driveshaft spacer from Steeda to put any of these trannies in, because the are build for Fox 3 and older cars. The 94' and newer cars have a 5/8" longer input shaft. You will also have to get a Fox 3 clutch fork. I got mine before they made the spacer kit, so I had to have the driveshaft lengthened to fit.

Kurt