howdy folks, I'm back working on the 85! I needed a break from rust repair on the bronco. currently I'm working on the 5 speed conversion and finally ditching the aod. good riddance. I've been collecting quite a few parts for this the last few months all sourced from junkyards, market place and kijiji. the transmission i have to use is a v6 t5 from a 02ish stang with bellhousing and a blown 91 dated 4 cyl wc t5 that is good for parts/core. I also have a 5.0 t5 bellhousing, king cobra clutch and various other parts as well.
I'm aware of some of the differences between the two, but am hopeful that I can make something work between them. first and most important is the speedo, the "tremec" t5 appears to use a hall affect sensor where the "borg warner" t5 uses the gear. what i wanted to know is if I will be able to use the fox tail shaft housing on the newer trans even though it has the reverse synchro and modify the shaft to accept the plastic speedo gear? if i can swap tail shaft housings will the top cover still work from the v6 trans or will shift rod be the wrong size and need to be changed over from the 4 cyl unit as well? I know that the input shaft is different. if I purchased a input shaft for a 93 5.0 and a bearing retainer to go along with it will the gears on it match up to the v6 unit?
in essence I want to use the v6 trans, 5.0 bellhousing, fox tail housing, top cover, 93 5.0 input shaft and retainer. I did do some research on this topic, but most of what I found was for the 94-95 sn95 cars. ill be tinkering around with this some more this week I'm just looking for as much info as possible before I rip my car apart again. Thanks.
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