R100 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 So i have a few T5 Borg warner gearboxes. I dont know much about them except they are used behind Fords and Holdens. Im not even sure they are Borg warners, Maybe they are tremecs ? Whats the difference.. Anyone run one in there cars ? Are they rubbish. Whats the strenght like compared to a W series Toyota box ? Finding good information on them on the interweb is hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capone Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 I run one behind a ford, haha. Seems fine to me, only 300hp though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDA780 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Yeah they are good. Sierra "world cup" version is an alternative for 300hp small cars as used by Escort guys. These guys may provide more info: http://www.gforcetransmissions.com/tran_gt-5.asp What are your gearboxes out of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0fnsiv Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Finding any info for Borg-Warner is going to be difficult, they sold their gearbox business to Tremec in 1998. To be honest they have been fitted to everything from Toyota coronas to Mustangs and depending on what the factory fitment is will dictate how good it is(not). Factory fitted falcon and Holden boxes are not bad, good for around 300hp but as they get older the selectors can cause shifting to be more of an effort and they will quite often break when being downshifting or big engine braking (with a heavy vehicle/trailer). World class gearboxes fitted to Mustangs and Camaros are good for around 400, but I found if you going to go to the expense of importing a gearbox then might as well buy a Tremec TKO they shift hard handle big power and getting an awesome clutch is as easy as www.summitracing.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 So i have a few T5 Borg warner gearboxes. I dont know much about them except they are used behind Fords and Holdens. Im not even sure they are Borg warners, Maybe they are tremecs ? Whats the difference.. Anyone run one in there cars ? Are they rubbish. Whats the strenght like compared to a W series Toyota box ? Finding good information on them on the interweb is hard. They would be on par with a W series strength wise. But W series are much more plentiful and mixing and matching parts when doing a gearbox conversion is way easier. T5's still get fucking silly money somehow. Would be keen if you sell a gearbox and have a bellhousing for a Chev/Holden V8 left over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogre Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Theres also a 5 speed borg warner "non t5" that where used behind the 3.3 falcons, mitsi sigmas and some escorts? (not sure). Apparently they are shit house and break easy as with anything over 150hp. You can normally work out what they are off the numbers on the side. I think its starts with a 5XX-XXXX somthing like that. Would be keen on a Ford T5 if you are gonna sell any. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.wylde Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 The non-T5box you are referring to are BW M76's utter shit they are! They also came out in early commodores i had one behind my 202kingswood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZford Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Theres also a 5 speed borg warner "non t5" that where used behind the 3.3 falcons, mitsi sigmas and some escorts? (not sure). Apparently they are shit house and break easy as with anything over 150hp. You can normally work out what they are off the numbers on the side. I think its starts with a 5XX-XXXX somthing like that. Would be keen on a Ford T5 if you are gonna sell any. Guy I know had a 3.3 XE and put a turbo 4.1 in kept the orginal single rail 5 speed and years later it was still holding together. On the flipside another friend used celica boxes (dont know code number?) behind a standard 4.1 and he broke 4 of them. Really put me off celica boxes I think supra ones are the better maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R100 Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share Posted March 29, 2014 I knew if i asked on here i would get some good replies! I have a complete running EF falcon , a VR commodore and a VP commodore all complete cars with 6 cylinders. Interesting the T5s came out in Jap cars. I never knew that. I still have my 20B RX5 here with no gearbox aswell as my 304 HQ holden that may need something done in the gearbox department. If i sell my gearboxes they need to be sold as an engine/gearbox transplant conversion for around $1250 each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLUX Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Thats a sharp price for a commy manual conversion/manual engine. Should have no issue selling them at that price Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logan360 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 What do the XR5s run? After one for my 94 volvo. Being a fwd The the focus box shouldn't be too hard a swap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valiant Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 T5s are quite popular in the States I think. http://www.carcraft.com/howto/116_0609_t5_transmission/viewall.html They are quite specific to what they were fitted to, Holden ones have a long input shaft, Camaro ones are leaned over (from memory)etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R100 Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share Posted March 29, 2014 Thats a sharp price for a commy manual conversion/manual engine. Should have no issue selling them at that price That price includes everything you would need to do a V6 commy conversion or use the package for another vehicle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 did a job on a xr8 ute on friday, that had the brakes/susp/gearbox from one of those V8 race ute things in it. Gearbag was a t5, had steel plates sandwiched between the bell housing and tailhousing, and between the plates was steel bars bolted to the outside to strengthen it. Cool story eh 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logan360 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Because racecar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen Bell Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 Do you know where I could get a Borg Warner 5 speed manual gearbox, (0507-065900) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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