LLave Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 My T5 just started clunking/grinding as i shift from 2-3 and 3-4. What can I do about this? Are the syncros giving up? Anyway to extend the life of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh817 Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Are you slamming gears? 2-3 is that long throw so your RPM's could drop really low if you are a slower shifter, so when you get into 3rd, it slams them the RPM's back up again. Or you shift real fast and the RPM's don't drop quick enough and it slams it down, especially since the gap between 2 and 3 on the T5 is substantial. I grind from 1-2 if I'm trying to do it quickly like on a track. Grinds in reverse too, if you don't go into 5th first, and then reverse. I'm curious too about what can be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLave Posted April 8, 2010 Author Share Posted April 8, 2010 After some research today I have pretty much concluded, if you are making a good amount of horsepower (400-450) there is pretty much no way around dropping some money on a beefy transmission. There may be a TKO in my near future... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoov100 Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 (edited) You can only polish a turd so much. I have seen people at the track break as many TKO's and built t5's at the track as stock t5's. They can hold the power, but they can't stand ANY abuse, Edited April 8, 2010 by hoov100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLave Posted April 8, 2010 Author Share Posted April 8, 2010 TKO may not be bomb proof but it is a lot better off than my poor T5. Plus I found a great deal on a coworkers used Ford TKO, so in the hybrid spirit I am adapting the Ford tanny to my SBC. I found that QuickTime makes a adapter housing for the for to SBC its part number RM-6064, the other option is to replace the input shaft with a chevy piece and drill out a bell for it. I figured while im down there I had best get a scatter shield. I will post some updates when I finally make a move and get a tranny together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLave Posted April 8, 2010 Author Share Posted April 8, 2010 For now I have discovered that if I double clutch the 2-3 and 3-4 shift it is much better, as long as I am fast and the revs are up. So, I will get by like that for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh817 Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 I was going to say if you have an L6 and you're going to invest the money into a tranny, maybe looking at a Kameari close ratio gear set... I think they are tough enough to withstand the L6 drag launches. Since you're V8, nevermind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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