TheSmallestMinority Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 The T5 is smaller and lighter than the TKO, and there were some T5's rated 330ft-lbs that was put behind the Cobra motors. The World Class T5 is apparently more robust than the T45, regardless of the T45's torque ratings. The T56 is a six-speed. I've had a six-speed Mustang GT, and second gear is essentially useless unless you're trying to minimize your 0-60 time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowoctupus Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 WOW! Not much left of those bearings! Did you get a full rebuild kit? I'd be afraid of bearing bits that made their way around the other bearings in your trans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1969honda Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Looking good Bimmota! Between you and yellowoctopus there's hope that I'll get my Nissan VK56 shoe horned in between my fenders at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpndave Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Nice write-up. Where are you in Saskatchewan? I spent some time up there years ago. Interesting how much different the Mod motor is to the Voodoo/Coyote. Your thread gives me some hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravRMK Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Very nice! I just picked up an 02 mustang Gt with plans to do a similar swap, but will be auto and a single turbo. Hoping to get started soon. Been waiting for the weather to cool down a bit. You have done a great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimmota Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 (edited) After a long wait for transmission parts it's rebuilt now and back into the car working great. Put a new dual friction clutch disk in it as I burnt up my last one with the slave cyl not releasing. I ditched the Wilwood pull clutch set up and built a push clutch system. I recommend to everyone don't even waste your time and money on the Wilwood pull clutch, the slave I found has the proper amount of travel needed to fully release the clutch. I ended up using a 1996 suzuki sidekick slave like $15. Edited September 10, 2018 by bimmota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowoctupus Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Totally agree on the Wilwood being a waste of money. I like your bracket, wouldn't have thought to run one on the inside of the bellhousing like that. Mine bolts to the outside of the case, but isn't as 'in line' as yours is. Can you access those bolts while the transmission is attached, or does the transmission have to be off the car to get them all the way out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimmota Posted September 12, 2018 Author Share Posted September 12, 2018 Good question: I definitely installed the bracket before I put the trans back in. I think I could fit a ratchet wrench in there with the bracket and clutch fork installed. But to get the bolts out to install a bracket like this, might be difficult with the clutch fork in the way. Maybe a 1/4 ratchet with a 13mm deep socket might work? If you could rig something up to push the clutch fork in and hold it to get that extra inch shouldn't have any issues. These are the only two other pictures I have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowoctupus Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Ah, good point. Would be pretty easy to put a piece of threaded rod through the old cable hole to draw the fork out of the way. I've gotta squirrel your bracket design away for when/if my slave goes out, I like it better than mine. It's been on there for 5yrs now I think with no issues though, so it might be some time before I have to implement it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMoore56 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Sweet, it looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowoctupus Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Yeah! Glad to see you're back at it! I can't remember if you already had it running, but now that I switched to the Megasquirt when I put on my supercharger, I now have two 4.6 ECUs that are 'unlocked', ie no PATS etc. If someone needs one, PM me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimmota Posted June 19, 2019 Author Share Posted June 19, 2019 I had the car running and driving last summer but was having some major issues with fuel. I wired in the OBD ll port and pulled the codes on my SCT tuner had something like 14 codes. Worked through them one by one to clear them all .By the end I had the entire engine harness ripped apart. But was able to clear all the codes. My fuel pressure was way off as well Installed a inline gauge to check ended up having 80psi of fuel pressure going into the rail. I don't know if it was something to do with using a junk crown vic fuel rail to convert the system a return style. Put a new fuel regulator in problem is all fixed. Although I'm plagued by the ford curse of restarting the car on hot starts, but it will start with the gas pedal to the floor to clear the cylinders, I will figure that problem out later. Built a new intake as well. Everything is a but dusty at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowoctupus Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Sounds like you have leaky injectors or something. I don't think I've heard of that being a Ford problem necessarily though. They could have varnish on the pintle seats I guess? Maybe if you run them for a while it'll clear that issue up, or get them cleaned/tested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimmota Posted July 18, 2019 Author Share Posted July 18, 2019 The hot start issue doesn't see to be a problem anymore, maybe it just needed a good burn run. I have over 500km on the swap and everything is working nicely, It spins 275 tires with ease and chirps 2nd and 3rd gear shifts. Finally finished painting and polishing the car, cleaned up the engine bay. I will post some better pictures in the future here. But the swap is complete, time to drive and enjoy before I dig into anything else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowoctupus Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Dude! Great pictures! Car looks like it came out really clean too. Right down to the OEM hood latch ( I had to remove mine when I went from the SOHC to the DOHC 4.6....) Glad to see you're enjoying it. The 'in car' picture from the Mini almost has a video game appearance to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackzpeed Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George miranda Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 How’s the Z doing now? Have you taken it to the track ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimmota Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 It's doing well it's put away for the winter right now. Going to start doing a few extra things on it here soon. I have autocrossed it a couple times, it works real well not to many cars are keeping up the the time I'm putting down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patryck240 Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 How did you wire the speedometer and how’s the car doing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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