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Hi guys. I bought a rebuilt T5 yesterday from a guy who also has an all new 302 30 over w/ a big cam, 4 barrel edelbrock intake, 600 holley carb, msd distributor, new roller rockers.. flat top pistons, 351 heads that were ported, it has all new lifters, cam bearings, timing chain and high volume oil pump... he is saying this thing puts out close to 475 hp. Does this seem right?? It is great deal (price wise) and regardless of power, i just dont want to blow up the transmission.
I also have the availability of building a 351w or 302 roller, this is going in a 68 mustang. I want it to be a street car, not a drag car; I want power and I dont want to have to baby the shifter it's whole life. What to do??
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wrong section.......anyway with those parts that motor gauranteed does not put out 475 hp, not even close, ask the tool how he came up with such an estimate..lol, I'd be suprised if it even put down 275 rwhp
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i wouldnt buy a t5 for one the stock t5 only could handle the factory 300 ft lb of torque but if you do bu it there are places like a company called tick shift were they take your t5 and rebuild it to handle more horsepower i think they have three stages you can choose from.
There is also a place called promotion performance that sells t5's I got mine for $930 shipped and I got the t5 cobra upgrade that handles almost 400ft lbs of tq. I love it
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89 Notch Forged 306 - New ProMotion Performance World Class T5 swap, Ram HD Clutch, Hurst Short Throw Shifter, 3:73 Gears, Trickflow Intake, E-cam, Fresh GT40p's w/ Crane Dual Valve Springs, Scorpion 1.6 Rocker Arms, FRPP shorties, BBK H pipe, Flows, BBK FPR, C&L 73mm mass air, Mac CAI, BBK 70mm TB, 3G Alt, Smog Delete, Electric Fan, 1" drop, MM Strut Tower Brace, MM K-member Brace, Subframe Connectors, Steeda LCA's.
Depends on the shape the transmission is in & how you shift it. They can hold up to quite a bit if you shift correctly. I have a few friends including myself who have ran them behind a h/c/i 302. One which saw the strip on a weekly basis with radials. Another friend has a 4 cylinder t5 behind his 393w... then again I had a friend with one behind his stock 5.0 that went through 4 t5's before selling the car.
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If you have to ask what it takes to get to 500 HP, you don't have what it takes to get there.
'89 Mustang GT
'86 Mustang vert
'84 TT 351w notch
'89 Turbo Ranger
'96 Musta
i had my stock t-5 on my turbo car... it put down 430rwhp i drove around for about 4 months before i got scared of granading it and bought a tko600... it in my g/f car right now and still trucking....
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almost have everything, to long to list.
according to my manual trans books the t5 is a "performance" transmission, i know, funny right?. well according to the book its rated at 300 ft lbs and thats about what a stock mustang makes. So anything more than bolt ons and a decent h/c/i and its a ticking time bomb imo.
my buddy had a STOCK '87 that he broke 3 trans in under a year. he did beat the piss out of it tho.
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'95 Mustang GT- 347. Canfield 195's. Holley systemax. CI custom cam. 31 spline 8.8 w/ 4.10's. TKO 3550.
t-5's are the weekest thing on a 5.0l mustang. i have been though three of them
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stock 86 bottom end with 210k, e303 cam, e7 heads with 1.6 rollor rockers, victor 50 intake, 19 lb injectors, kirban adj regulator, 75mm tb, 76 mm air meter, mac cold air, electric fan, stock pressure plate with mcleod disc, 3.73 gears,qa1 kmember w coil overs, stock rear controll arms, and 26x11.50 et streets, 11.56 @ 121 on a 125 shot, 12.65 on motor
new motor gt40p heads,victor 5.0 intake, 236,232 and 565,545lift cammotion cam 150 wet kit11.26 @125, on motor 12.17 @ 112
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How much HP can a T5 handle?
