race2live2race

Hey there my name is Matt. I just got my 89 5.0 lx hatchback 5 speed about 2 weeks ago. When I bought it, I knew the 2nd gear syncro was broken, but because these cars are hard to find and the body/interior/paint looked so good I went ahead and bought the car. As long as I have my job and I keep the money in I plan on using my car as a daily drive and a street/strip car. Well I can drive my car fine right now, I just cant race it and expect good results. In a month and a half I'll have about 1500, so knowing this is it worth getting a new transmission or just having it rebuilt. I was looking at the tremor one, but im not sure if thats good for a daily driver. I'm only 16 and I really dont know much about cars in general so any advice is appreciated!

Acer2428

Well, I assume you have a t-5 right now. They make really nice rebuild kits for the T-5 to make the stronger, but here's my advice.

Price out the kit and how much labor would be, then get prices on new trannies and install costs...lol

cammedlx

yeah and you might want to look into a world class t-5 too which is a great replacment tranny

nemethjames1

im pretty sure a 89 came with a world class borg warner t5 in it.... i know my 88 has one, it says right on it..... stock mustang trannys cant take alot of abuse or mis shifting, but they do work pretty good... myself i like tremic, there pretty good and can take a pounding, but there not very cheap... i was going to get a 6 speed tremic when i blow up my t5 lol

86HOGT

World class T-5s were put in Mustangs starting in 1985.

94Cbra

You can send that sumbitch off to G-Force transmissions. They will make your trans rated for 600+ lb. ft at full load. And as a standard they install a Pro-5.0 shifter. www.g-forcetransmissions.com

619socalstang

G-force is a bad idea the tremec tko-500 or 600 is all oyu will need and the y are rateed at 500 and 600 ftlbs also, starting at 1500 if you shop around.

94Cbra

Why is G-force a bad idea?

619socalstang

because the tremec tko series is better and cheaper, zg-force is not bad just no point to purchase when you can get a better tranny for less with a tremec tko series.