ahbeyra Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Due to the ever growing scarcity(at least in my area) of the T5 that belongs behind gen1/2 sbc engines, I decided to go for gold and live the dream of adapting the newer camaro t5s to the old sbc. This presented a few problems, one being the newer camaro v6 T5s are actually a ford bolt pattern, they are tilted 17 degrees and they are somewhat poorly geared... but hey, for less than 90 bucks at a pull-a-part, I can deal. This brings me to the middle man, the bellhousing. I used one out of an 82 CJ-7 Jeep that had an old iron duke 151 in it, this little gem was an inline 4 cylinder with a small block bolt pattern on the back of it that was often mated to a t4 that had a ford bolt pattern. Bingo. All of the hydraulics used were for an 82 CJ-7 as well, using some hard line a bent myself from orielly's. The Flywheel was an 86-92 153 tooth flywheel from basic GM applications in the 305 or 350s of that time. clutch and pressure plate was for a 85 Camaro z28 iroc z, oriellys part K1675-21. also the front bearing retainer has to be changed to a steel one from a CJ as well, Part # CROJ8134013 from 4wd.com Dont worry, it is very easy to change that out. I will probably have to read over and edit this as more comes to me, but that is what I needed to make it work. My only complaint is the CJ hydraulics blow nuts. Super hard to bleed all the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grillhands Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 How has your setup held up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahbeyra Posted February 23, 2017 Author Share Posted February 23, 2017 How has your setup held up? So far so good, I have been chasing some driveline vibrations and noises, it got a lot better after i found a blown up ujoint in one of the stubs. Other than that, I still havent blown it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grillhands Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 That's good to hear. Have you done any aggressive shifts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahbeyra Posted July 20, 2017 Author Share Posted July 20, 2017 I have had a chance to get down right mean to the car, 4000 rpm clutch dumps, donuts for days, and hard launches. All in a safe area of course, and it is still together, I did kill a throw out bearing though... somehow. Other than that, my other hardships have included running out of gas and losing the steering wheel. Good times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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