Stang514

Im new to the forum and I was hoping to get some peoples feedback.I have a 89 GT in perfect conditon but my AOD tranny is blown. I was thinking of swaping the AOD to put a 5-speed in. Was wondering what everyones opinion was, should I keep it AOD or make it 5-speed manuel and if I swaped it what tranny would you recommend.

Thanks, Tom

bacon57

I would swap out for the 5 speed. What transmission you use largely depends on how modified you are. If you are stock or just have bolt ons I would keep the stock t-5. If you have a blower/turbo or are making a lot of power (350+) I would go with a t-45 or a t-56 six speed. If you are building a race car or a car that runs around 11's or faster I would just get a built c4 auto.

GreyStang

If you can do your own labor then yep swapping in a 5-speed is possible. But if you have to pay a shop to do the conversion then it becomes very expensive, better to keep the car AOD.

ExtrmZ

you should find a car similar to yours with a five speed, so you can get all of the interior parts as well as the different things that may be hard to find

Stang514

Thanks for the info...I desided to go ahead to swap in the 5-speed. Im going to go with the tremec tko 500. do i need to change the computer? from what ive read some recommend that you leave it. someone also told me something about hearing a pinging noise or something like that, does that sound right? and how is the shifter on the tko 500 is it any good or should i put a new one on? i also heard that the 5-speed is harder on the car and it could tear some stuff apart on the car like the torque box. is there anything i need to do with that. If theres anything else I should no i would appreciate it...Thanks