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upgrading the T5

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I got a 351w pushing way to hard for these T5's that I keep chewin' up. Any suggestions on what to do. I drive it about 4 days a week, so I was thinking about a toploader, but I do need the overdrive. I was thinking about T56 or TKO. I don't really know how much work is involved.
Any ideas from people that have done this?
 

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Have you looked into a G-Force, or Astro Performance gearset for it? You can get them up there with the TKO in power handling capabilities.
 
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Glen is the go-to guy on T-5's. Ed

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I'd go with the gforce. with the tremec tranny's, you're going to have to cut up your tunnel, + they shift like truck trannies. (which they are)

pinks all out recently had three cars in the 9.90 class all running gforce t5's doing wheel stands
 
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