How hot should my T5 get?
06-17-2010, 07:42 PM
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How hot should my T5 get?
I was test driving after my T5 swap this evening, and after about 45 minutes of driving, I noticed that the aluminum base of my Pro 5.0 shifter was too hot to touch!!!!! Now I realize that too hot for human hands doesn't necessarily mean it's hot, but it's got me wondering now.....
...obviously after a rubber boot, a console, and a shifter plate, there won't be any more touchin' it, but i know it's still gonna get hot. Is this normal?
...obviously after a rubber boot, a console, and a shifter plate, there won't be any more touchin' it, but i know it's still gonna get hot. Is this normal?
06-17-2010, 08:02 PM
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Re: How hot should my T5 get?
I don't know how hot it should get, (I think too hot to touch starts at about 160* - 180*) but I do know that my T5 never gets that hot, especially around the base of the shifter.
06-20-2010, 07:53 PM
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Re: How hot should my T5 get?
Mine gets hot but only if I touch the case of the T-5. The shifter has never gotten as hot as you described.
06-20-2010, 07:59 PM
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Re: How hot should my T5 get?
Does your exhaust run under the transmission?
06-20-2010, 08:44 PM
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Re: How hot should my T5 get?
my tko shifter get hot, but i think its more to do with the exhaust heat coming up through the floor than the trans itself
06-22-2010, 06:50 AM
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Re: How hot should my T5 get?
After reading and searching, I think 86TA might be right. After a long drive the another night, the shifter was actually hotter than the case!!! ...so I think he's right in saying it's exhaust heat. I think it just gets trapped up there in the trans tunnel.
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