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Jan 31, 2011 | 05:55 PM

574ford

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trans swaps

A while back i saw that someone put a tko 600 5 speed in a first gen lightning. Has anyone here done anything like that or have any ideas on doing a swap such as that? Let me hear your ideas

Feb 1, 2011 | 07:20 AM

574ford

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guess everybody thats read this is content with the crappy m5r2 and the zf 5speed.

Feb 1, 2011 | 08:15 AM

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I dont see how the ZF is crappy, it is just almost to big of a truck transmission to be shifted real fast in a lightning application. I try to bang mine around real fast from time to time and it has its limits, but it is really strong. Even though I am not going to sit here and not act like I am not biased so...

The M5R2....well self explanatory...

But on to the tremec as long as you found a bellhousing for it that would bolt up to a SBF then i am almost certain you could piece together a clutch system that would work.

Feb 1, 2011 | 08:54 AM

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guess everybody thats read this is content with the crappy m5r2 and the zf 5speed.

Yes, I am quite satisfied with mine. Thanks for asking.

Feb 1, 2011 | 08:58 AM

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Yes, I am quite satisfied with mine. Thanks for asking.

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Feb 7, 2011 | 07:52 AM

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Thats good to know that yall are all happy with your transmissions but i on the other hand am not. Had a 1992 f150 2wd 4.9 that went through 2 m5r2 in the matter of 3 years. My boss had a 1995 f250 with a zf5 speed and as perviously state its a good tough transmission. I wasnt refering to it as junk btw it is just a a very slow ****ing transmission. Not quite what i was looking for with this thread.