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Demon_Mustang · 02-10-2005, 07:58 PM

That's funny, I know somebody, not on the internet, but in real life, who is an ASE certified mechanic who specializes in transmissions and he tells me they are different, strange, and I have known of personally, people who have tried putting in the T5's from the 4 bangers with pretty bad results.

The stock T5 is rated at 300lbs of torque, which is the stock amount of torque from the V8 Mustang. Tremec makes their transmissions to handle MORE than that if your Mustang is highly modified.

I don't remember exactly what he told me, but I think the gears are about the same strength but the input shaft is harder on the V8 transmissions, or something like that. I'm not the expert like you claim to be, but it's pretty easy to claim to be anything you want on the internet, I'll stick with the T-5 off the 1993 Cobra for my conversion...

All I have to say is, if you want a T-5 off a 4-banger, do it at your own risk, I know a place that sells cheap T-5's and it's because they are taking them off the 4-bangers and a lot of people are having problems with them. Who knows, perhaps this person is making them worse before selling it? Or maybe they are just like that...

02-10-2005, 07:58 PM	#8
Demon_Mustang 3rd Gear Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Posts: 837	RE: Junkyard performance That's funny, I know somebody, not on the internet, but in real life, who is an ASE certified mechanic who specializes in transmissions and he tells me they are different, strange, and I have known of personally, people who have tried putting in the T5's from the 4 bangers with pretty bad results. The stock T5 is rated at 300lbs of torque, which is the stock amount of torque from the V8 Mustang. Tremec makes their transmissions to handle MORE than that if your Mustang is highly modified. I don't remember exactly what he told me, but I think the gears are about the same strength but the input shaft is harder on the V8 transmissions, or something like that. I'm not the expert like you claim to be, but it's pretty easy to claim to be anything you want on the internet, I'll stick with the T-5 off the 1993 Cobra for my conversion... All I have to say is, if you want a T-5 off a 4-banger, do it at your own risk, I know a place that sells cheap T-5's and it's because they are taking them off the 4-bangers and a lot of people are having problems with them. Who knows, perhaps this person is making them worse before selling it? Or maybe they are just like that...