too each his own, ive never shifted at 2500 period. Guess it just depends on your driving habits, i get pretty good gas milage (~24mpg city) for usualy taking it to 4k during daily driving (occautionaly 5.5k when theres a awsome turn!)ka0tyk said:im not talking about road rage racing... without full boost the turbo doesnt do THAT much to compensate for the gear ratio. meaning at low rpms you will not be generating the torque needed to get moving. i dunno about you but I dont shift my car above 2500 rpms when I'm daily driving...
holy crap...my car rarely sees 5.5k. haha, ah well, yes...i HAVE driven a turbo car. i actually thought of switching the T5 in my Turbo 280zx to T5 from a turbo coupe b/c of the higher gearing...low gearing does NOT make your turbo spool earlier...i have no clue where you came up with that. you may hear it trying to spool earlier, but i guarantee you will hit full boost earlier and harder with a higher geared car. and please, remove the metal pole from YOUR ass...jeez, people are frikin jumpy in here.mr_woodster said:too each his own, ive never shifted at 2500 period. Guess it just depends on your driving habits, i get pretty good gas milage (~24mpg city) for usualy taking it to 4k during daily driving (occautionaly 5.5k when theres a awsome turn!)
Its not the diameter of the input shaft, it is the diameter at the tip of the shaft that goes into the pilot bearing. I put a V8 box in my bone stock 84 SVO with the stock rear gears and was not happy with it because it would not take off as quick. But now that I have modified my motor and put in 3.73 I am looking forward to locating a V8 tranny to take advantage of the increased torque since 1st gear is almost useless now.mightypoof said:So it is just the diameter of the input shaft...the gears on the pilot shaft match fine with those on the 2.3 clutch? I know I am probably repeating what has been said five times...but I guess I need to hear it again...lol So the shaft just needs to be made a little smaller..... Thanks....
-TG
GTPhreak said:dude Brantley! didn't you just yank out a set of 3.73 to put in those 3.55 when your car was down for the swap?
yeah they're both 10spline(I think) I use 4cyl trans in v8s all the time.mightypoof said:So it is just the diameter of the input shaft...the gears on the pilot shaft match fine with those on the 2.3 clutch? I know I am probably repeating what has been said five times...but I guess I need to hear it again...lol So the shaft just needs to be made a little smaller..... Thanks....
-TG
I don't know where you got your specs from but here is a list of all the Ford T-5's and there ratios http://www.fordmuscle.com/archives/2000/09/t5swap/index2.shtmlwildstang347 said:4cyl T5 has 4.06 first 2.88 second 1.88 third 1.01 fourth .80 fifth on the turbo model
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3.08 first 2.66 second 1.88 third 1.00 fourth .80 fifth from the experiences i had with the spare transmission ive aqquired in case i eventually frag one from my 347
the V8 T5 has from the factory has 2.85 first 1.88 second 1.33 third 1.01 fourth .80 fifth
most aftermarket ones from summit and jegs offer them with slightly lower gears to take advantage of higher HP higher reving motors
the most common swap i have encountered from the public is useing 4cyl trans in V8 applications were the V8 came with factory 3.08 ratios and higher makeing the rear gears seem more like 3.73s and haveing extremely low RPMs at highway speeds or effortless high speed cruiseing
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