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Posted by welch93lx (Member # 8748) on :
 
Will a banger t5 work in a v8..? Is it strong as a v8 one
 
Posted by 93lx4cyl (Member # 10517) on :
 
Yes and no. The v8 t5 is stronger. Add slicks and you have a problem lol
 
Posted by rollininmy50 (Member # 9067) on :
 
A 4cyl t5? Just isn't worth the break down, the one time you roast the tires, BAAM you'll be wishing it was a v8 tranny. If your gunna drive it like grandma then go ahead.
 
Posted by FivePTSlow (Member # 7682) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by 93lx4cyl:
Yes and no. The v8 t5 is stronger. Add slicks and you have a problem lol
+1

I had a 4cyl T5 in my 89 5.0 with 3.73's. 1st gear was a waste of time like 0-5mph, and would spin tires everywhere. I raced a guy with a v8 T5 with 3.55's & I was shifting into third before he shifted to 2nd.
 
Posted by SIC9250 (Member # 8216) on :
 
Gotta have stock gears to run this trans, with 273 gears in the rear the way a 4banger trans is geared it's almost like the car has 373s,I beat the shit out of my 4cyl trans in a fox coupe I had and it was fine,out lasted the motor actually..you must use a early 80s DIESEL Ford ranger pilot bearing to work with the 302..
 
Posted by SIC9250 (Member # 8216) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by FivePTSlow:
quote:
Originally posted by 93lx4cyl:
Yes and no. The v8 t5 is stronger. Add slicks and you have a problem lol
+1

I had a 4cyl T5 in my 89 5.0 with 3.73's. 1st gear was a waste of time like 0-5mph, and would spin tires everywhere. I raced a guy with a v8 T5 with 3.55's & I was shifting into third before he shifted to 2nd.
[Confused] you sure you had 373s? Idk how that worked man I had stock gears and in 5th on the freeway @70mph I was easy 3k rpm..with 373s and the way a 4cyl trans is geared the car would max itself out in a few hundred yards lol
 
Posted by FivePTSlow (Member # 7682) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by SIC9250:
quote:
Originally posted by FivePTSlow:
quote:
Originally posted by 93lx4cyl:
Yes and no. The v8 t5 is stronger. Add slicks and you have a problem lol
+1

I had a 4cyl T5 in my 89 5.0 with 3.73's. 1st gear was a waste of time like 0-5mph, and would spin tires everywhere. I raced a guy with a v8 T5 with 3.55's & I was shifting into third before he shifted to 2nd.
[Confused] you sure you had 373s? Idk how that worked man I had stock gears and in 5th on the freeway @70mph I was easy 3k rpm..with 373s and the way a 4cyl trans is geared the car would max itself out in a few hundred yards lol
Yup, positive they were 3.73's. When I had the 3.73's installed at west coast differential I had no clue that I had a 4cyl T5 in my car. It was also my first 5.0, so I didn't know much about them yet. It would spin the tires 1st through 3rd all day with only mild bolt ons. Topped out around 120ish if I remember. Found that out when a Honda Prelude I was racing on the freeway in the middle of the night caught up to me after quite a ways since he had a little more top speed.
It was absurd & actually was one of the reasons I crashed/rolled that car. Downshifted, got sideways, hit a curb, rolled the car. All cause the guy ahead of me smashed his brakes for no reason while going around a big curve on the freeway.
 




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