T5 Question, What would you do?

Instead of shelling out the cost for a core, you can find a bunch of them at a junkyard... the 4 cylinders had them, as well as the 5.0's last time we were out at a local pick and pull, they had a pile of about 12 of them sitting in a corner of the lot. i think they were 150 bucks each. just grab one like that, and use that for your core.

Plus, with the money youre going to spend on having someone rebuild it, you might as well get one with a warranty if possible. its going to run you about the same either way. Or you can always rebuild your own...

http://www.pomoforacing.com/tech/T5Rebuild2002.pdf

but if youre not mechanically inclined, i dont recommend it.

How much power do you plan on putting down eventually? If it's going to be significant you might as well get a busted one and have a shop put an astro performance rebuild kit in it. That will cost a little more than rebuilding a T-5 to stock specs and having it not last too long. If it's going to remain mostly stock then a stock bebuilt T-5 should be fine.

If your looking for a T5 i have one that has a messed 2nd gear for 100$. PM me if your interested.

if/when I blow my tranny I will go to the pullapart and pull one out of a 4cyl, plus you can buy a warranty now at my pullapart so I'll buy a tranny, put it in then when/if I blow it or its already blown then I'll just go back and get another one for free. They are 43 dollars and the warranty is 11 dollars!

Check out d&d performance and astroperformance. There trans are cheap and you can get a unit from them for less than a local shop will charge for a rebuild.