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I had a friend of mine tell me that the GTUs had a TII drive train except for the motor i have had two sevens a turbo and currently a non turbo that im working on swapping to turbo. What I need to know is if the GTUs is actually carrying the turbo rear i need one badly and i kinda need a turbo clutch slave so if they have those let me know if not thanks anyway.
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The GTUs came with the standard non turbo Clutch, tranny, slave cyl, drive shaft, rear end, half shalfts, and 7 inch differential (turbos, FD's and FE's use a 8 inch).
The only thing the least bit different than any other S5 non turbo, is that it came with the 4.3 rear end gear, and Viscus LSD and the Turbo's wheels and didn't have a factory sunroof.
It also came with the same 4 piston vented front brakes and single piston vented rear brakes that the GXL, the Sport, the 88 GTU, the convertible and the Turbo came with.
The GTUs suspension was also the same as any other S5 non turbo with the plastic end links and standard non turbo springs.
The only thing the least bit different than any other S5 non turbo, is that it came with the 4.3 rear end gear, and Viscus LSD and the Turbo's wheels and didn't have a factory sunroof.
It also came with the same 4 piston vented front brakes and single piston vented rear brakes that the GXL, the Sport, the 88 GTU, the convertible and the Turbo came with.
The GTUs suspension was also the same as any other S5 non turbo with the plastic end links and standard non turbo springs.
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The only thing the least bit different than any other S5 non turbo, is that it came with the 4.3 rear end gear, and Viscus LSD and the Turbo's wheels and didn't have a factory sunroof.
The GTUs suspension was also the same as any other S5 non turbo with the plastic end links and standard non turbo springs.
The GTUs suspension was also the same as any other S5 non turbo with the plastic end links and standard non turbo springs.
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But, the parts manual suggests a different 5th gear and suspension for non turbo, which I assume is a GTUs. Which is correct or am I misreading?
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This is where I always get confused on any GTUs discussion. The sales brochure does not indicate differences in the transmission or suspension. But, the parts manual suggests a different 5th gear and suspension for non turbo, which I assume is a GTUs. Which is correct or am I misreading?
if you look at the s5 suspension, they are all the same except for one thing, like rear shocks or something thats bad anyways cause its got 100,000miles on it
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If the preceding is correct, than the GTUs having a different transmission (5th gear) and suspension is a myth?
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ok.. so the 8 GTU has the same brake calipers as the s5? then would that mean i could just swap out my 4 lug hubs to the 5 lug hubs with no problem? or am i still forced to swap the calipers out?
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If you go into any Napa or Kragen or Autozone and ask for brake pads for a FC, they will ask for hard or standard suspension... of course the suspension has nothing to do with the brakes, but for some reason the 5 lug, 4 piston front brakes are linked to the name hard suspension.
And you will notice that the 88 vert had the same M50 tranny found in all S5 non turbos, yet the 88 vert (as everyone knows) was a S4 model.
The 88 GTU has the same 4 piston front brake calipers and vented rear brake rotors as the 86-87 Sport, 86-90 GXL, 88-92 Vert, the 89-90 GTUs model, and the 87-91 Turbo.
The S5 GTU (89-90) was the strippy base model with 5 lug versions of the old Base/Luxury/SE model that came with the single piston front brakes with solid rear brake rotors. So, I am not sure what you are thinking about using 5 lug hubs that even be remotely linked to the 88 GTU model.
Come on guys.. this is all covered in the sticky threads at the top of this page... I am not getting why you guys think that this is new or special info.
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Hard suspension in the parts books refers to 5 lug 4 piston brakes as originally found on the S4 Sport.
If you go into any Napa or Kragen or Autozone and ask for brake pads for a FC, they will ask for hard or standard suspension... of course the suspension has nothing to do with the brakes, but for some reason the 5 lug, 4 piston front brakes are linked to the name hard suspension.
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If you go into any Napa or Kragen or Autozone and ask for brake pads for a FC, they will ask for hard or standard suspension... of course the suspension has nothing to do with the brakes, but for some reason the 5 lug, 4 piston front brakes are linked to the name hard suspension.
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if you're looking at a non mazda book, who knows how they are going to list it.
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