Well my T5 finally went south and I'm considering my options. I don't want to revive the ol' T5 vs T56 debate (though somewhat relavant) Rather, what will directly replace/repair my tranny and be stronger. I'm running a warmed over L98 with an occaisional (up to) 200hp on the juice. I saw a while back a replacement gear set for the T5 which is a lot tougher but haven't been able to find it. Also, I think there are aftermarket units which will bolt in. Any suggestions? Thanks.

 

www.gforcetransmissions.com

Their street 5 speed is the rebuild/upgrade t5.

 

That's the one! Thanks.

 

Rather than start a thread I'll jump onto this one.

I was deciding wether or not to build a 383 but I have the T-5 and know it is rated to 300lb-ft. If (or maybe I should say when)the tranny fails what actually fails? Is the housing going to crack or is it all internal gear failures? Just want to know if I need to replace the T-5 from the start or if I could wait until it blows and then have it re-built stronger afterwards.

 

Usually the tko or t56 is what people use to upgrade their t5. How much is the gforce t5? It doesn't list a price.

Dennis, the nice thing about replacing the tranny now is that you can get a few hundred $ for your T5 setup to help offset the cost of the upgrade.

 

When mine went it was the teeth on the imput shaft where it meshes with the counter cluster. Stripped all off during a normal shift to 3rd. Must have had some stress fractures.

Good point above regarding selling your T5 while it's still good.

I went with a TKO 600. Great tranny and worth the $3k if you can handle that. Only minor mods required to make it fit (that is if you're fabrication skills are good) Had to make spacers for the x-member, special shifter handle and a slight mod to the torque arm.

 

I'm going the TKO 600 route too... Heard too many bad things about GForce and their rebuilt T5's...

Raf