V8 and 4Cyl. T-5 SAME??

[Euphoric306]

glaze, that's what pm's are for.... and bullets i'd watch out, someone with 5 posts selling a "wc t5" with only 6k miles on it.... be wary mang

 

[Mustang5L5]

Mike, do you have to change the gears because their not as strong or just because their a different ratio?

Both.

The 85.5-89 V8 t-5 is rated at 265 ft-lbs of torque. The 90+ V8 T-5 is rated at 300 ft-lbs. The gearing is the same but the difference between those two is the alloys.

In the case of the 4-banger, the numerically higher gearing mathematically weakens the gear (because with steeper gears you can appy more torque) as well as i believe the alloy is the same as the early t-5's. I am not sure on that but they didn't upgrade until 1994 or so.