turbo/manual setup (tiago, looking in your direction)

[RallyRed 98]

maybe it's just popular lore but i've always heard that the T5 was a boat anchor. i have no idea what model # f-body owners have, but the tremec site doesn't list a T5 rated for more than 300 ft-lbs.

that being said, how are people running boost or N2O dealing with their wimpy T5s? any problems so far? i only ask because, well... "we need more power, scotty!"

[xjarayax]

I think it's mostly clutch, but I'm not positive.

[Wicked 3800 V6]

Yeah I think my clutch is going. ::Shrug::, here goes about $400.

[AllTheGoodNamesAreGone]

The stock clutch is a pos..
spec stage 2 here I come..

[Radcat]

My clutch crapped out on my first pass down the track.
At 7psi I dynoed at 320tq and I'm running 10psi now and the tranny is holding up. I just upgraded to a spec 3.

[RallyRed 98]

is that to say that by also upgrading things up and downstream (read: clutch and DS) the trans seems to hold up?

one last question and i think i'm done. since you turbo'd, has the mileage put on your car been mostly street or strip?

[Radcat]

The weak link at first is the clutch. The tranny can still only hold so much power. Nobody has found out yet how much that is though to my knowledge.
I really haven't been on the track much. I do have a lot of street miles on the car though. Just rolled over 60k tonight :D I think that's about 12k since the turbo has been on.

[Tiago]

yes teh tranny is only rated to 300 ft lbs, although Ive put down 480+ ft lbs through it for a long time, it still lives ;) sorta lol. The centerforce clutch ate the ****. so now Im waiting for a spec 4. Even when the clutch was holding up I didn't see any signs of the tranny not liking much. However I only have about 30 passes at the track at that level of tq. With sticky tires and doing my dumps on the 2 step , thats when it will die sooner or later.

[Riles]

I know its been said many times, but I also say that the clutch can't take it. I'm on my stock clutch, and it starts to slip at about 4 to 5 grand. I'm only running 8 psi.

[Tiago]

the stock clutch wont take anything. but if you have sticky tires and a good clutch, the tranny becomes the weak point rather quickly.

[njspder]

once tires and a good clutch are added it is tiem to discuss teh synchros. the synchs them selves are not the problem. teh assembly line mentality leaves them with a very poorly machined surface to ride on. that is one of the biggest improvements taht the aftermarket 5spds have over stock.
it makes for a smoother shifting adn longer lasting synch and can handle more power.

later
tim

[Wicked 3800 V6]

I think I'm going with a lightened kevlar spec stage iii. Thunder has a special running! [img]smile.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/naughty.gif[/img]

[TurboProject]

I have a centerforce dual friction that I've had in for a while(over 2 years). I just recently got things worked out so I can now run consistant 10psi w/o problems...except now my clutch slips all the time. Go under boost in 4th...slips, 3rd...slips.
So are SPEC clutches better than centerforce? Would I be better replacing my centerforce dual friction or going with a stage 2, or even a stage 3 SPEC?

[Tiago]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by TurboProject:
I have a centerforce dual friction that I've had in for a while(over 2 years). I just recently got things worked out so I can now run consistant 10psi w/o problems...except now my clutch slips all the time. Go under boost in 4th...slips, 3rd...slips.
So are SPEC clutches better than centerforce? Would I be better replacing my centerforce dual friction or going with a stage 2, or even a stage 3 SPEC?<hr></blockquote>


don't even bother with stage 2, go stage 3, hell Im going stage 4 ;)

[Wicked 3800 V6]

Just ordered my Stage 3 from Thunder. Stage 3 is apparently all the X-Pad design nwo, whcih is a streetable carbon-ceramic combo. Woohoo!
Anybody know where I can get a new rear main seal / part number? And what else will I need for the install? It comes with one of the bearings -- teh throw out i think. Do I need a pilot as well?