87 mustang Stocker - help me not get laughed off the track!

[alejan1975]

Originally Posted by Dave Gantz

The Astro A5 sounds like a good trans. I'm going to try one in my '87. It's been discussed a lot on The Corral.

i've looked at those as well. they seem to be stronger than the gforce t5 kits and to be fair the gforce trans are marketed as "street". it seems that they still have 3rd gear failures.

If you end up going this route i'd love to hear any feedback. I'm going to start on the motor now and hope to have some cash together to deal with trans and clutch before spring. Before i pull the trigger i'll talk to the guys at gforce and Astro, and am leaning towards a Ram sintered clutch/alum flywheel setup (about $1500).

Trans and clutch should be right aroud 4500 which is still "budget" compared to the the G5r approach.