Transmission question

[GOTHALOSISM]

I have access to a BW49 that came out of a 95 camaro 3.8L. As far as I can tell its the only 5 speed for 95. Is that usable on a 94 lt1 with out mods? Or would I have to get a different bell housing?

 

I did a search and nothing came up for the BW49.

[Geking]

I have access to a BW49 that came out of a 95 camaro 3.8L. As far as I can tell its the only 5 speed for 95. Is that usable on a 94 lt1 with out mods? Or would I have to get a different bell housing?

 

I did a search and nothing came up for the BW49.

 

I am pretty sure that the V8 and V6 use different bell housings.

[GOTHALOSISM]

Yeah just found that out, that one has 10 spline where as I need a 27 spline one... The search continues....

[z2go]

Goth-man,

 

Have you gotten your hands on the JTR V8 swap manual? They lay out exactly what range of transmissions are direct bolt on applications, and even a few transmissions that aren't direct bolt on, but that you can modify yourself to make fit.

[GOTHALOSISM]

Yes I have the book, its just I am out of country and a friend found the transmission and was asking me. I did not bring my book with me to look and see.

[FrankinZ]

If I remember right it's a t-5 transmission. Used on v6 and 305 v8's. There is a reason why GM did not use them on the 350's.

[GOTHALOSISM]

Ummm wow talk about a while ago. I picked up a 89 WC T-5 from a Camaro 350tpi.

[GOTHALOSISM]

Ummm wow talk about a while ago. I picked up a 89 WC T-5 from a Camaro 350tpi.

[z2go]

Hey Goth, what color is your speedo drive gear? I remember you saying that you had both a mechanical and electronic connection on the transmission, so you didn't have to swap gears, but I'm curious if you looked inside. I have the same year WC T-5 but it only had the electronic hookup.

[GOTHALOSISM]

I'll try pulling it out to tell you. My tranny has the cable in the tail housing but also has the VSS sensor in the main body. I'll prob have to change the cogs anyhow to get the right speed indication.

[z2go]

Interesting. Mine has the VSS sensor in the tail housing where the drive gear is, which I guess can be swapped out for a bullet-style driven gear housing.

 

In case you hadn't found these yet, I used this:

 

http://robrobinette.com/tire_diameter.htm

 

and this:

 

http://www.bgsoflex.com/speedo1.html

 

to make the calculation on what driven gear to get.

 

I'm thinking it's not going to be an exact science, especially depending on specific tire sizes, but should be able to get it pretty close, and for cheap as long as you don't have to swap out the drive gear.

[GOTHALOSISM]

I tossed my stock speedo cable accidently (was goint to mod it for the t-5) so I might just use a Tom-tom GPS and mount it where the speedo gauge is.