Tranny ??'s

I heard that with proper set up, A/T can handle something like 600hp. try that with T-45 or TR3650

Tranny/clutch

Mity..I have been having some either clutch or tranny problems. I think I'm smelling clutch after racing. I am not racing now because I cannot get into third gear with much accelaration. Could My clutch keep me from getting into gear and grinding? Or could my synchronizer be bad? Thanks for your help man

my old setup is in my sig - with a built auto tranny. i have no idea the #'s the new setup will put out but it will be significantly higher than those listed below.

Hunter-White said:

Mity..I have been having some either clutch or tranny problems. I think I'm smelling clutch after racing. I am not racing now because I cannot get into third gear with much accelaration. Could My clutch keep me from getting into gear and grinding? Or could my synchronizer be bad? Thanks for your help man

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I don't know Hunter. When my trans went(or so i thought), I can shift in to any gear as long as engine arn't running. But once car is started, it will not go in to any gear, I can start car while its in gear, but as soon as i started to let clutch out, engine would make all sorts of noice, as if i'm trying to move the car while E-brake is firmly on.
Turned out the it wasn't tranny at all. Instead, i blew clutch disk apart. There was no friction material left.

SO as far as your probrem goes, I don't know your driving habit of manual trans, but I think smelling burnt clutch after race is somewhat normal, if your not letting clutch in&out fast enought, or not matching RPM. Or clutch disk is on its way out. Your clutch might be worn(How many miles on it?), or worped, or sould be damaged. U can check that by taking out clutchfork cober, and inspect inside of it. If you see fragment(not powdred, or very small peice, but chunks) of friction material, then i would look i to maybe check clutch(as i sould have. i choose to ignore that, and bought extra trans I didn't need)
But if you can still drive the car normaly, meaning no racing, then i'm leaning towrds bad synchro. when you said

Hunter-White said:

because I cannot get into third gear with much accelaration.

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By that, i'm assuming you can get it in 3rd while not racing, under normal driving condition without an issue. classic pymptom of worn synchronizer. If thats the case, then you answered your own question.

that or you meesed up shift fork, which is famous for being weakest link of T-45 seriese transmission

the 4R70W is stronger than the 5spds stock to stock.

Cantslowdown said:

I see I see. Nice to know since I am looking at a mint 98 and a 99 Cobra. Yes I know the 98 is slow and would take alot of work to get in the same time as a stock 99 cobra.

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not true, there isnt a huge difference between the 98/99 performance-wise, especially if the 99 hasnt been taken in for the numerous recalls on it. When Ford redesigned the intake, they messed up the port sizes and the car's claimed 320 hp is really significantly less as a result. Couple that with the heavier IRS and your 98 snake should run all over it.