Quote: very nice build. like someone else said, you do good work. i was wondering if you had any info on the tranny. did you cut the crossmember to get it in there? i saw you listed it as out of an f body. what did you have to do to get the input shaft spacing correct or was it already a good fit?
Matt Haskell did all of the footwork on the trans swap, I'm not privy to all of the details and it's been long enough that I doubt that he remembers every last one of them as well. Might be worth searching here as he may have posted some of those details.The cross-member has been modified a lot. The original bell-housing had pockets milled into it (on TK's old mill), blocks of aluminum welded into those pockets, and then the whole trans face of the b/h was faced flat. No idea how much, if any, that face was "moved" forward towards the block. With the b/h being an aluminum casting I doubt that there was much material there to work with, but no idea. The trans pilot register hole was adjusted to the T5's dim, and then the welded-on blocks were drilled and tapped for the trans mount bolts.
FWIW I wouldn't use this particular application T5 again. The OD ratio is almost non-existent (no tach yet, can't audibly detect an RPM difference between 4th and 5th nor can a couple car-guy friends who've ridden in the car) and the shifter is too far back if you want to keep the bench seat or have short legs and don't want the shifter under your elbow. F-car trans' also mount at an angle, so the cross-member is far from being symmetrical since the trans is mounted in this car 'normally'. I would look for a T5 from an S-10, or better yet search for the page that lists all of the letter code designated ratio variations of the T5 and pick one that looks the best for you. Then cross reference that selection with its input shaft length and spline count as compared to stock. I believe this has a stock pressure plate, but some other application clutch disc (F-car?).
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