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Roland69

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I power shifted my 91 S-10 with a 2.5 all the time and could chirp tires 2nd 3rd and 4th with no probs. Sometimes I didn't use the clutch for a few days then I would say I should use the clutch so I don't wreck the tranny. Then a day or so later I would do the same thing.

It was funny to see the look on peoples faces when you pull up to a Grand Prix or a Camaro and stay beside them and bark the tires for 4 gears. some poeple even stoped to ask how hard it was to put a V8 in it I just laughed and said it's a 2.5. They would say why would you put a shift kit in that then and I say to them it's a 5 speed learn how to drive and stop tryin to race people in Mommy's car.
 

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5.0droptop that looks exactly like my last t5, and it happened the exact same way (except i was already in third, just pushed the gas a bit up to like 1/3 throttle to accelerate. third gear for teh win
 

5.0Droptop

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Sucks dont it. I wish I could say I abused the trans but I didnt. It was behind a slow butt 306 in my 66 coupe. i never abused it.
 

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Roland69 said:
I power shifted my 91 S-10 with a 2.5 all the time and could chirp tires 2nd 3rd and 4th with no probs. Sometimes I didn't use the clutch for a few days then I would say I should use the clutch so I don't wreck the tranny. Then a day or so later I would do the same thing.

It was funny to see the look on peoples faces when you pull up to a Grand Prix or a Camaro and stay beside them and bark the tires for 4 gears. some poeple even stoped to ask how hard it was to put a V8 in it I just laughed and said it's a 2.5. They would say why would you put a shift kit in that then and I say to them it's a 5 speed learn how to drive and stop tryin to race people in Mommy's car.
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Words of wisdom. My buddy was ticked 10 years ago when my stock 86 kept up with his then "brand new" 93 coupe with exhaust... haha- I was like "learn to drive fool!"
 

Foxfan88

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the way i powershifted was just
holding it WOT and shifting as fast a possible without letting off the gas.
 

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5.0Droptop said:
Sucks dont it. I wish I could say I abused the trans but I didnt. It was behind a slow butt 306 in my 66 coupe. i never abused it.
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that tranny was hell to me though, rebuilt it last summer and frankensteined mine and a j/y tranny (cluster shaft went bye bye) then had to pull it apart again a few months later when it got stuck in fourth (it was doing it a lot and did up until it busted this last time, but that particular time i tried to yank it out and it broke some of the slider mechanism) then it did this and i said **** this t5 i'm gettin something better. i did powershift that trans occasionally, mainly when showing off how i could chirp third

the moral of the story- stock t5 + powershifting = death



my import buddy was in the car when i blew third this last time, this loud pop noise happened then the familiar clunking. he's all "what was that?" "....that, my friend, is torque "
 

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i just blew my tranny for the second time and hopefully the last i bought a tko 500 and am putting it in the car monday
 

25thmustang

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<---- You had to see me coming into this one...


Im not sure what you people do to these trannies, but I have been powershifting (at the track) for a few years now and have had zero issues. Before I ever powershifted my trannys second gear synchro was worn and got that fixed, and since then havent had an issue. I have missed a couple gears here and there and not once had a hiccup.

Now whether its the norm or not, who knows, but mine and my dads T5 (he has a proshifted one now) have lasted well into the 12s being powershifted all the time. Actually a lot of my friends powershifted their stock T5s with no issue...

I will say this, run a weak clutch. Clutchs are easier to replace than trannies!
 

Foxfan88

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do u think a KC is considered weak enough?
 

25thmustang

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Not sure, I have a FMS HD clutch in mine (went through one already) and it is starting to show signs of slipping like the last one. I might step up to a better clutch, but before I do that I am going to start getting ready for a new tranny!
 

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I only powershift at the track but it helps sooo much, gives you about .3 seconds. It really dosent feel hard o my tranny at all, it goes by so fast the revs dont even have time to go up, i NEVER do it on the street though, without the slicks it would be pointless, and just on the street it would be pointless
 
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is a stock T5's second gear as weak as third?
 

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I shifted into 3rd and it sounded like something grenaded and it started grinding and jerking etc. I said this 4 times this summer and it sucked every time. I got real used to the first second forth type excelleration
 

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you know its ****ed up when you have to poke a screwdriver through the drain hole cause the teeth in the bottom are blocking the oil from draining!
 
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HoodStrype said:
Words of wisdom. My buddy was ticked 10 years ago when my stock 86 kept up with his then "brand new" 93 coupe with exhaust... haha- I was like "learn to drive fool!"
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that reminds me of the people with tons of boltons running 15.4, we all know what the problem is... im not trying to put anyone down dont get me wrong.
i think it comes down to the people you grew up with. my friends older brothers would take me for rides in thier mustangs and hard a$$ powershifting is how they drove so.... thats what i drive, and thats how i drive em. sometimes
 

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Lol, I keep checking back into this thread each time a new reply comes expecting the:

"****! Just busted my T5 trying this! Someone help!"

 

DMAN302

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I see a new thread about "How come I can't get it in second gear?" coming soon.
 

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My borther and I both have had no problems with power shifting our T-5's. We do it on the 1-2 shift and the 3-4 shift. Lift shift on the 2-3. Almost everyone I know that has broke a T-5 has done it power shifting the 2-3 shift. The only exception being a guy at the track who had a centerforce dual friction clutch managed to grenade his T-5 on the 1-2 shift, but those clutches have alot more holding power than the King Cobra clutches most people I know run.
 
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