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Captain Obvious
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this will be for a street driven car so im sticking with syncronizers. So who has any experience with any of these companys/kits? Any pro/cons to using either? wheres a good place for a great price for these gear kits? thanks
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threethirty1
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+1 ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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IvanFive0
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I would go with Viper T56 ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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Captain Obvious
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Originally posted by 92Chp:
I would go with Viper T56
T5= 75lbs dry, less rotational mass, and easy to find parts for
t56 is whats in the car now and its heavy as a mofo 120lbs or more, harder to work on and rebuld kits/parts are way more expensive. it will be for sale
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turbo50
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I have bought from G force before and was very happy with their customer service and the parts.
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Posts: 7606 | From: Discovery Bay, California | Registered: Apr 2006
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Adam5.0
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running a g force tranny now. no complaints. first through 3rd gears have a whine because of the type of gears used, but i just turn up the radio and it goes away.
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want something old and japanese
Posts: 1609 | From: Brentwood | Registered: Aug 2006
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65mustang408
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i also had a a gforce the 650hp new case one and loved it no problems at all and stood up to my nasty 408.
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Captain Obvious
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Any recomendations on where i should go for the cheapest price. Also anybody have experience with the astro kits.
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t top freak
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ive had a few friends that went with gforce and they loved them. the wine was annoying, but like above just turn the stereo up and problem solved
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Rigo5.0
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I went T-56 b/c I like to cruise my baby to work-like a STR8 player! ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
nah but I've heard good things about G-force
[ June 01, 2009, 10:18 PM: Message edited by: COBRAreflection ]
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MachYou
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G-Force ![[patriot]](graemlins/patriot.gif)
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Posts: 726 | From: California | Registered: Oct 2007
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Captain Obvious
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for those with the g force kit/trans is the gear cluster a multi piece unit. what i heard is if you tear up a gear on it you can replace what was damaged instead of tossing the whole unit or is it a one piece cluster?
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Yellow94GT
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I liked both my G Force T5's, right up until they broke. ![[burnout]](graemlins/burnout.gif)
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SteveL
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Originally posted by 91fox:
if you tear up a gear on it you can replace what was damaged instead of tossing the whole unit or is it a one piece cluster?
That's true with the dog cut gear set. Probably also true for the synchro gear set but check with G force to be sure.
In any case, 3rd gear is still the weak spot on a T5 regardless of whose or what gears are used.
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2stangs69-91
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Originally posted by Yellow94GT:
I liked both my G Force T5's, right up until they broke.
yes I loved my Gforce until, I blew 3rd gear out of it,,,,once a T-5 always a T-5
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Captain Obvious
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Originally posted by 2stangs69-91:
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Originally posted by Yellow94GT:
I liked both my G Force T5's, right up until they broke.
yes I loved my Gforce until, I blew 3rd gear out of it,,,,once a T-5 always a T-5
how much torque were you putting through that
G Force?
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Yellow94GT
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Originally posted by 91fox:
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Originally posted by 2stangs69-91:
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Originally posted by Yellow94GT:
I liked both my G Force T5's, right up until they broke.
yes I loved my Gforce until, I blew 3rd gear out of it,,,,once a T-5 always a T-5
how much torque were you putting through that
G Force?
I was puting 430 rwtq through mine.
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2stangs69-91
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I never had it on a dyno. It had enough power to run 130 in the 1/4 in the high 10's. There are guy's running more power than that with them . I had the helical street kit. maybe the straight cut trannies are stronger. I went with a TKO 500 and never have had a issue since.
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90FoX
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Originally posted by 2stangs69-91:
I never had it on a dyno. It had enough power to run 130 in the 1/4 in the high 10's. There are guy's running more power than that with them . I had the helical street kit. maybe the straight cut trannies are stronger. I went with a TKO 500 and never have had a issue since.
Where do you shift at? I heard complaints that tko's start becoming impossible to shift into gear at higher rpms. Just wanted your input.
[ June 04, 2009, 04:22 PM: Message edited by: 90FoX ]
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