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welch93lx
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Will a banger t5 work in a v8..? Is it strong as a v8 one
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Posts: 705 | From: modesto | Registered: Nov 2008
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93lx4cyl
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Yes and no. The v8 t5 is stronger. Add slicks and you have a problem lol
Posts: 204 | From: Sacramento | Registered: Dec 2010
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rollininmy50
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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.
Posts: 439 | From: sactown | Registered: Apr 2009
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FivePTSlow
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Originally posted by 93lx4cyl:
Yes and no. The v8 t5 is stronger. Add slicks and you have a problem lol
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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.
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2011 GT/CS 5.0 + Boost(Procharger)
90 Bronco 5.8 Lifted
05 SRT-4 24PSI E-85 at least 50 million hp
07 Harley VROD NRS Stage 1
Posts: 1857 | From: Sacramento | Registered: May 2007
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SIC9250
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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..
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Posts: 6959 | From: in the drivers seat. | Registered: Feb 2008
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SIC9250
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Originally posted by FivePTSlow:
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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]](confused.gif) 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
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FivePTSlow
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Originally posted by SIC9250:
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Originally posted by FivePTSlow:
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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.
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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2011 GT/CS 5.0 + Boost(Procharger)
90 Bronco 5.8 Lifted
05 SRT-4 24PSI E-85 at least 50 million hp
07 Harley VROD NRS Stage 1
Posts: 1857 | From: Sacramento | Registered: May 2007
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