Agreed! Now that I know it was the clutch and not the torque level itself that killed it, I'm less anti-MT82. If it was torque alone killing it, I wouldn't want another one, but I think the rebuild is the right way to go.I don't think the MT82 is garbage at all. It's actually one of the better shifting transmissions Ford has used. Usually it's abuse, a driving error, or you get unlucky.
My 4th gear lasted a couple years, 1 of those years I did a full track season (road course) on the stock clutch with 0 issues. Then the past year it has been at 850+ for about 9 months, the last 3 were over 900.
My gear left me in the first round of eliminations at StreetCar Takeover. I had all the proper mounts, clutch, shifter, and driver mod and still lost the gear, but I'm pretty sure the 900+ WHP had something to do with it
I dropped a 70k mile MT82 in while I'm waiting on Ben to put GForce gears in my old case. Despite the occasional notch (its rare really) the trans shifts like butter despite being abused as well.
Since you probably have all the accessories (shifter, clutch) it would be best to just have Calimer build you a stage 2 and replace the gear OR if you plan on making big power down the road just get him to build you a gforce MT82. They are rated at 1000whp/900wtq.
How much does a gforce MT82 go for these days. Seems like a much more cost effective option than switching to a T56 as you could retain clutch, driveshaft, and AM shifter.I don't think the MT82 is garbage at all. It's actually one of the better shifting transmissions Ford has used. Usually it's abuse, a driving error, or you get unlucky.
My 4th gear lasted a couple years, 1 of those years I did a full track season (road course) on the stock clutch with 0 issues. Then the past year it has been at 850+ for about 9 months, the last 3 were over 900.
My gear left me in the first round of eliminations at StreetCar Takeover. I had all the proper mounts, clutch, shifter, and driver mod and still lost the gear, but I'm pretty sure the 900+ WHP had something to do with it
I dropped a 70k mile MT82 in while I'm waiting on Ben to put GForce gears in my old case. Despite the occasional notch (its rare really) the trans shifts like butter despite being abused as well.
Since you probably have all the accessories (shifter, clutch) it would be best to just have Calimer build you a stage 2 and replace the gear OR if you plan on making big power down the road just get him to build you a gforce MT82. They are rated at 1000whp/900wtq.
How much is a rebuild ?
GForce trans is $3k
What gforce trans? The gearset Ben has them make or a g101?
No website that I'm aware of, but he does have an FB page (which is how I found his contact info earlier today):
The GForce gearset for the MT82.
I feel for you as a fellow enthusiast and racer, but were you really surprised when you added 33% more hp and significantly more rpm to the stock unit and it broke?
