How Much Torque/power can your T5 hold?

[Rollin]

Someone on here has a BA/BF Xr6 T56 or two for sale for under 2k I believe, and I could sell you guys all the crap required to bolt in a t56 for 1500-2k as well (depending one postage and what you wanted). You'd still have to get a clutch after that, but how much you spend on that is up to you.

I had a stock N/A BF XR6 clutch in my car for freaking ages, I'd estimate they are good for maybe 230rwkw or so in a boxcar - mine slipped on decent boost in third with 370rwhp but was good in first and second.

I murdered third in a T5 with about 270rwhp, at the actual time it broke it was only maybe a 60 or 70% 2-3 shift, I wasn't even going hard. The box I put in after that lasted through powercruise, (and copped it a fair bit) but by the end of that was noisy in every gear except 4th and all the synchros were pretty shagged. If you have nice short diff gears and/or slippery tyres under the bum they will last a little longer.

I've been raping the T56 since august last year with 370 and then almost 400rwhp and it's still sucking it up like a two dollar hooker. I luff it

[EL XR8]

Yeah, but if you can get a whole TKO600 kit from Mal Wood, for 6k.
There's no way in hell i'd spend 2k on a 2nd hand T56, 2k for the install parts, + clutch, flywheel, etc.

That pretty well makes it the same price as the TKO600.
Easy choice... Mal wood kit FTW.

[Steady]

yeah tahts 5L but
4L id go t56 cause its relatively easy...

Wonder what Mal Wood would want for a 4L tko kit, i dont reckon it would be as cheap as a 5L kit.

[Malakai]

I worked out that I would have to go through between eight and twelve T5s before I reached the cost of one T56 or the cost of two T56s to reach the cost of one TKO600...

I like the idea of just putting a T56 in and being done with it, I get that and I think that it is great that some people have done it. But the cost to benefit just doesn't add up for me at the moment.

If I ever get to a power level where I start munching T5s every other week then the upgrade will justify itself and I can see it happening. But until then $250 T5s and a spare hour for swapping them over seems like the way it's going to be.

[Fritzz]

tko install is easy.

just use a t5 bell housing with 15mm spacer, mod the stock cross member to fit a top loader mount, cut the hole in the tunnel a bit more forward to get the stick in. then will need a 26 spline clutch plate and 31spline yoke.

all i paid for was the box $3000, yoke and clutch plate. made the rest from stuff i already had.

[ed40]

could be a nice little money earner for you frittz if u decided to make those bits and sell them