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Anyone here race with a T5?
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<blockquote data-quote="MFE" data-source="post: 14259608" data-attributes="member: 36397"><p>I run T5's in mine. Plural, because I always have one waiting under my workbench for when I blow 3rd gear again in whichever one is in the car.</p><p></p><p>My car weighs maybe 3450 with me in it, and runs 260 RWHP and 310 RWTQ. I don't bang shifts. I've run parts store ATF, Synchromesh, and Redline MTL and no matter what, eventually 3rd gear takes a shit, even when running "super-alloy" gearsets. I don't understand what the problem is, because I've talked to seasoned A-Sedan racers who've had single T5's last 5 seasons or more. Not me.</p><p></p><p>My car is set up for the T5 though, and I don't want the hassle of a TKO-type swap, so my next move is Astro A5 internals, or maybe a complete Astro box. People still manage to break them, but with far less frequency. And if you talk to people who really know their shit, and know that there's only one shop in the country with the tooling required to make gears like Gforce and Astro use, and have installed and used them from both companies, you learn that the gears Astro specs work better/live longer than the gears Gforce specs from the same gear manufacturer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MFE, post: 14259608, member: 36397"] I run T5's in mine. Plural, because I always have one waiting under my workbench for when I blow 3rd gear again in whichever one is in the car. My car weighs maybe 3450 with me in it, and runs 260 RWHP and 310 RWTQ. I don't bang shifts. I've run parts store ATF, Synchromesh, and Redline MTL and no matter what, eventually 3rd gear takes a shit, even when running "super-alloy" gearsets. I don't understand what the problem is, because I've talked to seasoned A-Sedan racers who've had single T5's last 5 seasons or more. Not me. My car is set up for the T5 though, and I don't want the hassle of a TKO-type swap, so my next move is Astro A5 internals, or maybe a complete Astro box. People still manage to break them, but with far less frequency. And if you talk to people who really know their shit, and know that there's only one shop in the country with the tooling required to make gears like Gforce and Astro use, and have installed and used them from both companies, you learn that the gears Astro specs work better/live longer than the gears Gforce specs from the same gear manufacturer. [/QUOTE]
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