I'm still on a standard T5 and i'm amazed it's held together this long as since i've bought my 3 Door in 2003 all i've done to it is change the clutch a few times and changed the fluid twice.

But now with 550bhp and 531 ft/lb of torqure i'm sure it's just a matter of time before it poo's itself.

I'm doing the Midland Hillclimb Championship next year so along with a Supra Diff conversion I want do upgrade the gearbox too.

I've been looking at the Gearboxman T5 gearsets which are made by Quaife pretty sure i'm going to get one beginning of next year, but do I go normal ratio or close ratio?

Doing Hillclimbing close ratio would surely be the best?
I've put the figure into a gear speed calculator and even with my 3.9 diff would still give me a top speed of 164mph which is plenty.
I before any top speed boys tell me 164mph is probably not obtainable i'd be happy with 150mph as i'd never need to cross the line at over 130mph anyways.

It's not mega close ratio 4th is still 1:1 just seems to bring 1st to 3rd abit closer which would be ideal.

Opinions welcomed.
Cheers Rich