93FoxbodyLX

now i have heard around that the T-5 tranny in the 5.0's go out commonly? this true?

Night Terror

Yea, its hit or miss

some people have terrible luck with them... others are doing 5k dumps with slicks in a 450rwhp fox. and the tranny holds...

But its true they can and will break under stock power if abused...

personally i have never rebuilt mine, and its handled, missed shifts, gear grinding, power shifting, launchs on drag radials and everything else i forgot to mention... so far so good, but don't want to jynx my self...

93FoxbodyLX

i see i see, i have a buddy that use to own a foxbody gt that had tranny problems, it would grind second if it wasnt shifted properly and i saw too that this problem is common

munchieu

to help them last, put in an after market shifter. I have only broke one stock t-5 and it was from over shifting. pushing the shifter to far. the hurst shifter with the stops fixed that problem. 5,500 launches on 26x10 slicks. 11.50's 1/4 and still going strong.

93FoxbodyLX

Hurst is def. the way to go on shifters, i have one in my truck which is a 97' S10 and i love it, paid 200 for it and got it from Summit, did the foxbodys come with the Pro 5.0 shifter or was that aftermarket? i heard those were junk too?

Timspony

the 91-93 T-5's the best....stick with a hurst!

Night Terror

After market shifters is a matter of preference...

personally i have felt B&M Pro Rippers, and Pro 5.0 and Tri-ax, im enjoy my stock shifter... i just shortened the arm a bit with a grinder....

FivePointOhh

t-5 = trash....or wil end up there eventually.

they arent very strong, but same as in nature, there are freaks among us

Timspony

wait until you bend a fork with that stock shifter!

PRO50SC

I don't see how the shifter could make any difference. In case you were unaware, the t-5's are built w/ internal shifter stops just for that reason.