T-5 and Nitrous?

ls1beater4eva

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well i spray a 175 on my car witha stock t5 i just dont power shift 3 or 2 lol . but my car does have hci to.

 

Modular2v

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just dont hook to good and you will have nothing to worry about

 

RsStanG1987

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Pm Ram360 and ask him how it held up to an HC! car with a 125 shot and spec clutch.

 

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89SaleenGT

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i also sprayed my T-5 with a 100HP shot. Third gear syncro is WEAK and won't take too much abuse.

Powershifting will definitely shorten the T-5 syncro life.

I have never blown the T-5 trans but heave collected many worn syncros.

 

cobra2798

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So on a 100 shot without power shifting I should be fine. The car has a Ram clutch and pro5.0 shifter to help out a little. Also launching to hard is a nono. Like I said the car shifts real nice with no grinding at all.

 

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Many of you don’t seem to be grasping the weakness of the T-5's. It's not the syncro's…nor is it first gear. It isn't necessarily powershifting…although it does raise the risk of damage. With the use of nitrous, very large amounts of torque are introduced which is what will kill 3rd. You may get by for a day, a week or a year. One things for sure though…one day it will let go, so be expecting it. Many will tell you to ditch the T-5 while you can still get some cash for it.

 

Modular2v

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hmmm with a spec stage 4 clutch and a 150shot mine leaves at 4500rpms on slicks fine
Ps:look at sig before attempting to do this yourself

 

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anything can and will break over time.
nitrous will help speed up this process.

My buddy blew out the input shaft on a T5 running 14.1s cutting 2.1 60' times. (2.73 gears didn't help)

I had done loads and loads of 1.7 and 1.8 60's with and without nitrous, spraying into 4th gear, stock T5.


mine hasn't left me yet, god knows it will soon enough.

It really all depends, you could be lucky, you could be unlucky.
just try it, it makes for a fun time, then you have an excuse to get a better trans.

 

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86bluecobra

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I have had 6 t-5's in my car. I never had one break at the track always on the street when i wasn't beating on it. But i bet the reason they let go was because of the fact i run them hard at the track with my 150 shot of juice.

 

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89lxcoupe

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it will go i've been through 3 or 4 i've lost count, i've had the best luck out of 4cyl trannys because they haven't been beat on there whole life !

 

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This is what happened to my T-5 with Nitrous...and I'm also thinking about a TKO600 for next year.

Sheared off the output shaft with a 75HP shot, 2500 RPM launch...Ohhh ****...!

 

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89SaleenGT

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Auto Reverse said:

This is what happened to my T-5 with Nitrous...and I'm also thinking about a TKO600 for next year.

Sheared off the output shaft with a 75HP shot, 2500 RPM launch...Ohhh ****...!

Click to expand...

OUCH!!

Yes the T-5 is weak and as stated, anything will break given the right circumstances. I also had this same output shaft breakage with a tremec. Launching at 5000rpm, 10" slicks, southsides, 3.73's.