can someone tell me what a T5 will take torque and hp wise before grenading? iv looked for it on other t5 posts and cant find anything

cheers

167.42 HP and 181.365 ft-lbs. (approximately)

Exceed either of those #s by more than .0001% even for as little as a picosecond, and you will find that the matter will meet the anti-matter and anihilate the entire known universe in a tiny black hole centered on Washington DC.

Seriously,

There's people that have tore em up with a 6-cyl or a 305 (me), and people (myself) who have got em to live for tens of thousands of miles behind a 400. It just isn't that cut-and-dried. It's more a matter of probabilities than "limits".

It's more about how you drive it. Drag race it behind almost anything, and it's gonna blow up. Get groceries on sunny weekends only, and it'll probably last a long time behind anything.

What are your plans for the T5. Sticky tires and hard launches hurt them and so do missed 3rd shifts.

Normal spirited driving not so much

i was just wondering if its worth doing a t56 swap. before i do any sort of engine mods. mind you the T56 is happening with an LS1 swap sometime this year hopefully. just figuring out if that should happen now or if it can wait

The T56 you would need is different than the LS1 T56.

I would not swap in a lt1 t56 for a year before going to a ls1

thanks, i did not know that. ill stick with the t5 for a bit then

No. The gear ratios of any 94-up unit aren't a good match for the LB9. And 1 of the 2 1993 gearsets that do match well to the LB9 isn't really adaptable to the LS engines. So wait.