Is a T5 a T5
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Racer
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From: San Antonio TX
Is a T5 a T5
Is the T5 in the Camero the same gearing as in the Mustang. I have seen a couple posts here for putting a Mustang T5 in a C3, but no mention of the Camero T5. Since the Camero uses the same SB as the Vette, seems this should be a more straight forward conversion.
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From: Waterloo ontario Canada
I started this mustang T5 swap into the C3 because the mustang T5 has proven to be rugged enough, very cheaply priced and readily available. You can use any of the mid to late 80 or 90 units. While yes they vary from say a 89 to a 93 or 4 they all will fit.
The mustang T5 has a 1/2 inch long input shaft then the chevy so a simple 1/2 inch adapter bolted to the back of the chevy bellhousing and a ford bolt pattern drilled into this plate allows the mustang T5 to be bolted in.
It is a compact transmission and the mustang yoke takes a normal chev style u joint. Speedo adapters are also available.
The mustang T5 is a great shifting rugged transmission as long as you don't abuse it with power shifts into 3rd. 1st will not break , the weak link is 3rd but only if you abuse the tranny with power shifts. Power itself won't hurt it.
The mustang T5 has a 1/2 inch long input shaft then the chevy so a simple 1/2 inch adapter bolted to the back of the chevy bellhousing and a ford bolt pattern drilled into this plate allows the mustang T5 to be bolted in.
It is a compact transmission and the mustang yoke takes a normal chev style u joint. Speedo adapters are also available.
The mustang T5 is a great shifting rugged transmission as long as you don't abuse it with power shifts into 3rd. 1st will not break , the weak link is 3rd but only if you abuse the tranny with power shifts. Power itself won't hurt it.
Racer
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From: Champlin Minnesota
No, the camaro and mustang t5 are different, but a camaro t5 will still work. I have a '92 camaro wc t5 (Make sure you get the stronger World Class version if you go with a camaro t5), it is waiting until winter before I put it in the car. Some other things you need to remember, the GM T-5 bolted up at an angle, if you keep your existing bellhousing it will sit up right, but the tranny mount will be angled, so a mount will have to be fabbed up. GM and Ford T5's are longer than anything you have in there already, so you will have to have the driveshaft shortened. There are a few people here on the forum who do have Camaro T5's, do a search and give them a call.
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You have really got to watch the chevy T5 since most of them come from 6 cylinders and they are slightly longer then the v8 version, have different ratios and the front bearing is slightly smaller so it rattles around in the back of the V8 block.
Also that slighty extra length I talked about and it is very small pushes the crank forward jaming the thrust bearing hard.
I would really watch the chevy version of the T5
Also that slighty extra length I talked about and it is very small pushes the crank forward jaming the thrust bearing hard.
I would really watch the chevy version of the T5
