Reckon I'll be promoted in the Army to unemployed in the next couple years. Can't wait. What're mod duties paying, these days?
Reckon I'll be promoted in the Army to unemployed in the next couple years. Can't wait. What're mod duties paying, these days?Yeah, [they] take anybody.
Reckon I'll be promoted in the Army to unemployed in the next couple years. Can't wait. What're mod duties paying, these days?
Nice upgrades... I think you are misremembering what is and is not advised when it comes to the 4 link rear and binding. If you had uppers and lowers with all poly bushings that WILL cause bind on the 4 link rear. However you said you used spherical on the housing end of the uppers which eliminates the binding that would be there with poly bushings.
This was brought up in my discussions with Steeda. The car has never been in an accident and has never showed any symptoms of having something wrong with the rear end geometry, but I suppose it's possible. I lean toward it being more of an issue with Steeda's bulky and squared-off flange geometry, though. Their aluminum arms are larger in this area than any of their other arms.Nice upgrades. 8.8" rears can be out of alignment from the factory, and racers will often have them straightened and then the tubes welded & braced. I wonder if there's an issue with yours. I wouldn't overthink it, unless you're getting inexplicably strange tire wear patterns.
Yessir. Also a past member of PAPA, if that's still a thing.WHOA! Noticed the Purdue flag in your garage. You a Boiler?
Senseless advice.Sell the TKO and buy a TKX
Gotta sell that magnum and get the new Tremec DCT they are about to be selling.Senseless advice.
There is always something better out there and if his engine is NA he's not going to break a TKO.
Be no different than telling a guy with a TKX to buy a t56 magnum.
While I’d usually agree , the tko will never shift like a tkx. I had a 600 with all the upgrades and it still shifted horrible compared to a t5 or 56 at the time.Senseless advice.
There is always something better out there and if his engine is NA he's not going to break a TKO.
Be no different than telling a guy with a TKX to buy a t56 magnum.
Key words are "care to." Doesn't mean you can't/won't!As much as I'd like to have the new TKX, I've got too many hours in this TKO to not at least give it a try. Plus, I've spent all the money that I care to spend on the car this year.
I don't doubt the smoothness.While I’d usually agree , the tko will never shift like a tkx. I had a 600 with all the upgrades and it still shifted horrible compared to a t5 or 56 at the time.
After installing a tkx in a customers car
I’m a firm believer in it. It’s the closest thing to shifting as smooth as a t5 with the tko strength now.
Nic, when you blew your T5s, were you always on a DR or stickier tire? What clutch? Do you have any quarter mile times since the old days?
After I blew my first T5 at only ~320 rwhp, I went to TKOs (2x 3550s and 1x TKO), and subsequently to T56s. I agree with the comments that I never liked the way they shifted, whereas the T56s have always shifted very well. My current daily driver, Black Jack, was on a T5 making ~270 rwhp and I beat the utter dogout of it, getting a best of 12.63@108mph. The reason I believe that trans lived was because I kept the car on 225/50/16 all-seasons with no more aggressive than a King Cobra clutch. It's still on my garage floor waiting to go back into Black Jack before I eventually sell the car (if ever).
I'm just curious if you ever experienced failure while making the clutch and tires 'the fuse'? FWIW, I am an advocate, in a street fox with a short rear gear, of the wide-ratio T56s (2.95 1st, .5 6th), or T56 Magnums. I hear ya on not wanting to spend more. I guess the important thing is to stop snapping transmissions for the time being, and hopefully you get along with the way yours shifts. With the upgrades, maybe it'll be a better experience than any of mine were.
Much better options than sinking $1,900 into a T5Off topic but since you mentioned Astro Performance not being in business anymore. I saw GForce sells a rebuild kit for the T5's thats supposed to handle quite a bit of power. I think its for $1,900? Is that kit any good? Just thinking out loud, i don't have a need to upgrade my transmission or anything at this time.
Off topic but since you mentioned Astro Performance not being in business anymore. I saw GForce sells a rebuild kit for the T5's thats supposed to handle quite a bit of power. I think its for $1,900? Is that kit any good? Just thinking out loud, i don't have a need to upgrade my transmission or anything at this time.
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