BillZ260

I hope so!!! There are WC T5's w/ a 14 input spline, but they came behind V6's. That's what I ended up having after all the searching and phone calls I made on it.

Awesome! I just did the opposite yesterday Keep us updated.

Hmm...I'm not really an expert on trany's but I did just finish rebuilding my T5... If you have it out already pull the front bearing retainer and see what's what. You should be able to see what the front bearings look like, if they are gauled or anything.

I guess you can tig copper? Or only braze? Just fyi, the price of copper has more than doubled TWICE in the past 12 months.

Who's #10 car?? What frontend is on that thing, anyone have anymore pic's or info? I'd like to see more. Great vid!

I'll call it inspiration!

"you got an ATM on that torso light bright?" HA HA HAAA

Friday night, I pulled the pressure plate, stuck the clutch disk in there and the fingers on the pressure plate 'puckered up' over .500 so I am in business! Thanks pete for the info, so your running a G-Force gear set w/ a 14 spline input? You can tell that its a world class very simply by the front bearing that holds the counter shaft in place. If it's a TIMKEN, your WC, if not, your not. Got the HTOB installed, and plumbed up, took pics and all that but I'll have to start another thread and post my updates tomorrow or next week, we're on our way out to see the Lion King at the Tulsa PAC. BTW, not only did i get the trany/clutch issues resolved, the engine and trans are IN THE CAR! Later...

You know my vote is for the 911, and I agree w/ On3go, get the turbo.

I think i figured it out....reading and re-reading through the instructions... "Install the clutch, flywheel and clutch housing" when i read this i didn't quite get all the terms in my head correct. For me, it should read....Install the clutch DISK, the flywheel and the PRESSURE PLATE. I didn't install the clutch disk, that could pull the fingers in a bit and hopefully enough for me to get it all in there! I'll see when I get home.

mike did you see my post on the prev page?? Called Tilton, aparently Friday's are "Race" day? Not alot of help, but I did find out their Sonicbelhousing is only about .150 longer than the one i have, not enough to fix my issue. Called Ram, suggested a HOWE again, it's like .5" shorter in lenght and would solve the problem but it's junk. All i got from Ram is that their pressure plate depth should be the same as the stock 10.5" clutch. Maybe my tilton unit wan't made to be used w/ a stock clutch.....? Called thegearbox.org, he now has 3 day weekends (he's off on friday's now) I'm going to call Kevin at the Gearbox and and engineer at Tilton on monday...

I think you need a little wider wheel there... Looking good

Mike, Pete I'm freaking lost here! I started out 2 months ago, (this is after I figured out what to get and had it all lined up and ready to install) and... I found out I had a V6 WC T-5. SO I rebuild it, Ford Cobra R gearset w/ GM input, and rebuild kit from thegearbox.org. 500 for the trans originally then another 700 or so to rebuild. Ok, so it's topnotch now, should hold up to about 400 hp easy. Last weekend I get ready to bolt eveything up (Freshly re-ground flywheel, Pressure plate and bellhousing to take the necesarry measurments for the HTOB i got from Tilton. It's the same set up Mike mentions above. The flywheel ends up being for a 1pc rear main and doesn't fit my older 2pc main seal crank....DOH!!!! So to remedy that I order a RAM 1511 billit flywheel and some ARP bolds to button it all up! Sweet, another 250 bucks.... SO I get my parts today, psyched to get home, get the flywheel on and all the other mumbo... I take my measurments w/ the STOCK ALUM Camero? flywheel that's tilted to the driverside like 15 Deg or whatever. My HTOB at the lowest setting is still about 1/2 inch too long for based on the instructions. So can I get a longer belhousing? Is this bellhousing for a V6 and shorter somehow? I can't see that being the case since the measurments should be the same for the T5 face to back of engine no matter what.... oh, unless the input shafts are different lenght between the V6 14 spline and the V8 26 spline.....SH!T. lemme go measure..... *********EDIT********** Ok, looking at the two input shafts (even though the V8 is installed into the tranny right now) there is a DEFINITE enough difference between them to tell me that I now get to find a new bellhousing.... hey, what's another 350 bucks... That race prepped 200R w/ a ratchet shifter is looking pretty damn good (and cheap) right about now..... Lessons learned so far.... Check SPLINE COUNT when buying a T5 (you want 26 for a V8) Check FLANGE Diameter of your flywheel (2-1/16" for 1pc rear main; 2-1/2' for the 2pc) Check the depth of your bellhousing, not sure of this dim yet but I'll post it when I get the two compared... I'll get there.... **EDIT** I measured the depth of the bellhousing this morning, it's 6-10/64 deep. I'm going to try to call tilton and or Ram some time today and see what they recomend...

Stupid RedX

Glad to hear things are going your way! As for that caliber of daily driver, I know I've seen you mention 993's as well (my personal pick over the two). Keep us posted This could be the little nudge that gets me to fly up for next year's "Shindig"

Mike, did i see you mention something about a ...VIPER??

Here a 2nd to see that kit on the G35.

It looks awesome for such a small space! Great job I give it two weeks Good luck...lol

Clean, any rear pics?

Nice.... Glad they grabbed him though.

those seat covers look nice, what kind are they? Looks like a viable option for me, i have a co-worker that is a fiero freak, maybe he has an extra set of seats for me

Success!!!! I pulled the top back off and noticed the linkage slid out of place when I stuck it back on , that stuff is tricky! So I cleaned it up made my adjustmend and got it back together, double checking everything THIS TIME! Once together, cleaned the treads out for the shifter plate mount, bolted it on and stuck it into 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th! Reverse and 5th will require the actuall shifter stick to be attached and maybe the trans bolted up to something. What an experience I'm glad I did it and would encourage anyone else to "Take the Plunge". It seems everyone in here is building motors, all kinds of motors, but not too much in the transmission field. There isn't a ton of info out there but I'd be glad to help out if I can (T-5 Only please). I didn't get any photos, which I regret but it's really not all that difficult. Tonight I'll start sorting out the HTOB and clutch stuff. That's where I was 2 months ago when I found out I needed a better tranny!

GREAT EXPLANATION!!! Thanks so much

The last roller pin slides straight in! I'll do it when I get home Edit: The last roller slid right into place I'm having some difficulty w/ the shifter but I'm thinking that it's ok, and just me be being overly cautious. I'll take the top off one more time.

Finally got some time this weekend to work on the Trans again. (BTW Kevin stated that the gear should be fine, just clean up any thing small w/ hone or small file, which I did...CAREFULLY) So now I'm about 80% done. I need to stick the rear housing on, set the pre-load on the input shaft and it's done. These aren't too difficult to do but it's definitly intimidating! I did get stuck yesterday and decided to stop till I can ask Kevin at thegearbox.org a couple of questions. Where the input shaft sits on the nose of the output shaft you have 15 rollerbearings w/ out a cage or anything to hold them together. Its difficult even w/ some grease to keep them in place and slid them where they need to be, and on top of that only 14 fit! The 15th doesn't have room to set all the way against the outer race. If you all have some suggestions, I'd be much obliged! I'll see what Kevin has to say then hopefully tonight I'll finish up. This isn't my pic but it shows 14 of the 15 in place. The 15th doesn't want to sit all the way down againt the outer wall thus not letting it slide over the male end of the outputshaft... The best thing about this side project is that I fully understand how they synchros and shifting works (for this trans at least) !