Factory 5 speed uprade/swap questions.

[marco_1978_spyder]

Heres the question.

Lets say you have the complete 5 speed set-up,

what other 5speeds bolt in place of the t-5?

do any use the same mount?

[starfire383]

Do you mean the monza 5 speed, or an actual T-5? There's not many options in the 5 speed world. You've got the TKO which is T-5 based, you've got several variations on the T-5, and you've got the richmond underdrive 5 speed. I don't really know of anything else suitable for performance use.

Here's on of the best T-5 sites I've found. It may center around G bodies, but you can figure out most of your answers by the swap differences. It's a good site.

http://www.garage-scene.com/

Good Luck!

[marco_1978_spyder]

cool man thanks, yeah I think I meant the t-50 or whatever came stock in a monza.

[bugdewde]

Borg-Warner T-50 came in H-bodies. Not sure of any direct swaps but the H-body crossmembers can be modified easily. I took a early Saginaw crossmember and had the center cut out of it and moved back an inch or so to fit the swapped in T-50 on my first '72 Vega. Shop only charged me like $20........

-The S-10 T-5 rear case that holds the shifter is the best suited for an H-body, so I've been told. This rights the shifter back to level as the F-body T-5s clock the shifter at an angle(towards the passenger side, I think).
-The V8 versionhas better ratios than the V6 version. 0.65:1 overdrive versus 0.8x:1.
-The early models have a gear drive speedo pickup.... the later models have an electronic speedo pickup and the adapter is a few hundred dollars(cut off years is around '87)........
-Torque arm mount is different.

There are a few here and at Bob's site that have done this swap. Should have lots of help on this one.

Here's a couple sites with some helpful tips and photos Bill Barnhart sent me some time back: http://www.inliners.org/Jack/T5tech.html
http://www.inliners.org/Jack/t5_page.html