Hoogi

Anyone used one of the CTS (Gearboxman) Gear Kits for a T5 ?

LHD220Turbo

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what power and torque are you going to be running?

Hoogi

Around 380BHP & 400 FT LB..............

LHD220Turbo

iTrader: (4)

what's wrong with a standard t5; if in good condition a standard t5 will easily cope with that fella

Hoogi

Thanks for the reply...........

Was a little worried I'd be dragging the Gearbox back out after 6 months. I'm looking for some reliability so thought this would be the way to go without braking the bank ?

LHD220Turbo

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i would use the money elsewhere; just get a standard t5 and get it rebuilt for peace of mind.

plus t5's are easy to change; box out, clutch, and box in within 2 hours easy!

Matt

Hoogi

Matt,

Will the Standard T5 be up to the Track Day work as well ?

Also heard stories of gear selection issues witha astandard unit ?

Sorry to ask so many questions.............

LHD220Turbo

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how do you mean by gear selection issues? slow gear changed or wont phyiscally engage?

Hoogi

Matt,

Difficulty engaging gears.........think it's down to worn selector forks etc.

Cheers again............

LHD220Turbo

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as with anything thats old you can experience worn selector forks. I have seen cossies suffer from these.

if you want to fit a gearbox which you will never have to take out again then you want a tko600 gearbox, but they arent cheap!

it all comes down to budget mate; personally i'd get a t5 rebuilt by someone with a decent reputation stick some gear oil in as opposed to ATF and see how it goes

joffy

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thought you could get the box rebuilt with the selector forks with brass tips rather than shitty plastic ones??

STUCOS

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Simple upgrade for t5 is tvr gear set ,lots of ppl have diffrent oppinions on the cts kit

cheeRS stu

tabetha

You can, later tips(fork ends) are plastic but can be upgraded to brass, the early ones were made of PAPER, well a form of compressed card, these were attacked by std ATF, FORD atf was a slightly different brew.
ATF is in a lot of box builders opinions too slippery, you MUST have friction for the synchros to be able to work well.
A good mod when getting boxes built imo is the fitting of a drain plug, never been a fan of 20+ year old oils!!
tabetha

ian sibbert

Steve,

Get the T5 re-built and checked, if you need any help give me a shout or call in....

Ian

dave cos4x4

iTrader: (5)

Steve,

as said above, get it rebuilt and all will be ok.

be spinning the wheels before the box will break.

Hoogi

Ian / Dave, many thanks for the info and support............

By the way Dave, killer three door you've picked up - don't forget the old MKII

markk

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A well built T5 is pretty bullet proof, wont struggle in your car.

dave cos4x4

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Thanks Steve.

mk.2 is still in the body shop, should not be long now....hopefully.

pal72

Where Get the cheapest rebuild set for the T5? Sorry for the spelling errors... Norwegian. Pål Åge

Yura

Which oil for T5 you can advice?

LHD220Turbo

iTrader: (4)

75W90

you will find cold gear changes more difficult, but it will offer better protection when temps are higher

Yura

75W90 of any manufacturer?

LHD220Turbo

iTrader: (4)

get a good manufacturer if you can!

Yura

thanks, mate, after winter I'll try 75W90

ajamesc

i took most of the teeth off 3rd gear in my standard box and the bearings sounded shot that was with about 35obhp and around the same torque i took my box to cts and had the big tooth kit fitted with uprated bearings and standard forks the car now has about 500bhp and about the same torque hasent given me no trouble yet that was about 3 years ago also mad ade has the same gearbox with a hell of a lot more power than me

pauljh

iTrader: (1)

I run the Glebe dog box, bit pricey but i run over 600 bhp through it and 436 lbft, noisey and crunchy for a road car but it certainly takes the abuse. i smashed up several standard T5 that were rebuilt by Philip Peacock (Mountune reccomended)
The main advantage is you can never beat the syncro, exagerated on my car due to a very short gear lever, nothing more frustrating than trying to shove it in to 3rd quickly and hitting a brick wall. You can also shift like a motor bike, just lift a little on the throttle and bang it in to the next gear without using the cluth (i have stoped doing this on mine as with the power i run i totaly destroyed my diff)

https://passionford.com/forum/genera...ons-pls-4.html

Yura

where did you find big tooth kit and uprated bearings for T5?

Thanasis

iTrader: (3)

torco full synthetic 75w/90 best gear oil for cossies expensive but super!!!!

ajamesc

compertion transmission services did it (cts) its a quiafe big tooth kit with uprated bearings and standard forks in it it dose me well and i have around 500lb ft of torque so it must be good a standard one would be on the floor in bits by now!

nixon_2wd

I have the quaife big tooth kit with uprated forks and everything. Noicy as fook so Im switching to a tko dogbox..

Thermotec

Can someone tell me pls. what is the spline of the Cozzy 2WD shaft or Borg Wagner T5 out put shaft spline.. The reason I am asking I am replace my T5 with TKO 600 from USA and has 31 spline out put shaft .. İf the tooth count s not the same how can I match both ??

pacwest

28 spline.

nixon_2wd

You would have to shorten down the propshaft and mount a new yoke included with the tko. A new clutch is also required as the input shaft got different splines aswell.