Here are some good threads with info on T5 transmissions & adapting them to our hot rods. Focused mainly on adapting it to the Flathead Ford, there's still lots of good info regarding other adaptations. Ultimate T5 Tech http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=171291 T5 Oiling Funnel Info for tailshaft swaps http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2185366#post2185366 Swapping the tailshaft - a common question well documented http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2994438 General T5 Info http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20583 Fordbarn post http://www.fordbarn.com/earlyv8/forum03/messages2/5108807.html Other T5 Posts w/Good Info http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39127 http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108634 http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=89495 http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46109 http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=53148 http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=168748 http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=161282 http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=189368 http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=189650 http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=323536 Brewsir documents a 235 Chevy install - nice details in this one: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=265732 Another Chevy thread - lots of good tech in here: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=265732 Here's a good tech piece on shortening a stock shifter's throw: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=226183 This one covers more than just the T5: Be-All End-All Flatty Tranny Post (Kilroy) http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65870 Shortening the throw of a T5 shifter: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22617 More Shifter stuff in these posts: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=237711 http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=241919 Here, crazydaddyo shows off his way cool Jeep T5 to Torque-Tube conversion: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=256226 For the stovebolt guys, here's Tony's T5 adaptation to a 53 Chevy: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2787988 And another great Chevy T5 adaptation: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=623998 One of the common questions is about the throwout bearing. In this post, Vergil shows us how he adapted the S10 T/O bearing to the Ford fork: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=323986 Here's a good thread over on the 67-72 Chevy truck site: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showthread.php?t=313954 Stuck with an electronic speedo and need a cable, the easiest (and likely most expensive) is cable-x: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=798708 Here's a neat thread on using the very late model Mustang (05-07) V6 T5. These are short and have a yoke on the back. The shifter requires some work and this is how our veteran enjenjo did the trick: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/s97-t5-conversion.933071/ And since you can't search for character strings less than 3 letters using the internal search engine, try using Google. Just type in: "T-5" site:jalopyjournal.com or "T5" site:jalopyjournal.com It'll keep you busy! For those interested in something different - here's an excellent thread about using a Toyota Supra 5-spd: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=146964 tremec borg-warner borg&warner bw b&w b-w
Hello all, I want to thank everyone in advance, these are good T5 articles. However, I have a problem which I have seen mentioned. Will a T5 WC bolt to a 1969 350 V8 Camaro, with GM 621 bell housing. I just noticed the T5 WC trans mount is at an angle, which means it will not bolt to the cross member in a perpendicular fashion. Any ideas? Are there any conversion plates for the trans mount. Will this cause any other problems? I was just informed the later Camaro T5 bell housing has a tilt to it to compensate for the angled mount, but then the shifter will not be straight up, in addition I would have to convert to a hydraulic clutch. I had not planned on this, but I might have to along with determining what else I will need with the hydraulic clutch. One of my options is to try to make an adapter plate for the angled trans mount. This was not planned or mentioned in any website I visited before my conversion.
Here is a shorty T5 that they sell for EType Jags etc.... bit pricey but looks like it would fit nicely into an early Ford. http://eliteracingtransmissions.com/categories/inline-gearboxes/jag-t5/
Thanks Ernie, that's great! This is who makes those, also get any 4 speed parts you might need. https://www.5speeds.com/ Sent from my SM-G973U using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Some good info on the moderndriveline site: Article: The Many Faces of the T5 – A History of the T5 More Information on T5’s Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the T5 five-speed T5 Service manual