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Transmission R&R
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260Alpine
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What tag # is your T5?
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Can you contact the previous owner to see what you have?
Identification Key to Borg-Warner T5 transmission ID Tags
How to identify a Borg-Warner T5 transmission ID Tags
Can you contact the previous owner to see what you have?
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260Alpine
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Not without the tag#. It's on the metal tag too. Without the numbers he would have to tear it apart. You need to know your first gear ratio and input shaft tooth count to determine math for OD fifth.
Do you have a granny low 4.03 first and .86 5th from a 4 cylinder Mustang? I would just pull what you have and get the right T5.
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Do you have a granny low 4.03 first and .86 5th from a 4 cylinder Mustang? I would just pull what you have and get the right T5.
T5 over drive gears
HELP! I've been trying figure out part no.'s to change my .63 over drive with a 295 1st to a .73. I borrowed a t5 parts manual from a shop and could only find part no.'s in general but not specific different ratios . If any one has had a like trans torn down do you know the tooth c...
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As to getting the correct T5 I have done some research and the box itself is usually $950. At my age I can no longer do the R&R work so it would cost another $1500 for teh R&R. Since the main app for the this car is autoX and shows I think that money could be better spent on a roll bar, cam, 4 barrel carb and cam. I just will have to drive in the slow lane getting to events. BTW I checked my tach against a digital tach and it was dead on so I know it RPMs at 3400 at 62MPH. It revs much lower when I drive at 55MPH
this is cool!
You mentioned in a previous post that switching o/d gears from a 4.03 first gear trans to a 2.95 first gear trans would not achieve the desired affect, but I tried it any way, what else is there to do during the Canadian winter! What I ended up with was roughly 1 3/4 turn of the out put shaft to 1 turn of the input. about a .25 o/d which would have given me an rpm just above idle speed at 60 mph.
I'll keep mucking around for a while but I'll have to get my act in gear by April if I want to get to the stovebolt get together at the end of april.
I hope to see you there
John
You mentioned in a previous post that switching o/d gears from a 4.03 first gear trans to a 2.95 first gear trans would not achieve the desired affect, but I tried it any way, what else is there to do during the Canadian winter! What I ended up with was roughly 1 3/4 turn of the out put shaft to 1 turn of the input. about a .25 o/d which would have given me an rpm just above idle speed at 60 mph.
I'll keep mucking around for a while but I'll have to get my act in gear by April if I want to get to the stovebolt get together at the end of april.
I hope to see you there
John
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The original Alpine transmission won't work with the V6. It has no OD. T5 is the best, or Toyota. There is an adapter for the Mazda RX8 from England. The Mazda is only 6 speed state side but you can get a 5 speed from JDM (Japanese Domestic Manufacture) suppliers on EBay.
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Mazda RX8 adapter:
Rx8 Gearbox Adapter/conversion Ford BOA/BOB Cosworth V6 24v 2.9/ 2.8 Cologne | eBay
This adapter plate was designed to bolt a Ford Colonge 2.3l/2.8l/2.9 V6 engine to an rx8 gearbox using as many ford factory parts that fit this engine. It utilizes the starter motor/flywheel from a 2.8i capri and clutch, the 23 spline ford unit that suits the type 9 5 speed ford gearbox also...
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Install a Ford M5R1 tranny out of a 4.0 Ranger. Bolts up to engine, need only stock Ranger parts, very good ratios. Downside, it places the shifter 6" in front of the stock Alpine location. I tried two ways to overcome the problem. Solution #1, was a long, bent gear shifter. Worked great, was cheap to make. I did not like it because the shifter motion was as much up and down as it was for and aft. For Solution #2, I made a remove shifter that moved the shifter back 6". Perfect solution and not that hard to make.
Bill
Bill
just a clarification. Does the M5R1 trans bolt onto the 2.8 bell housing or need to take the bell housing along with the M5R1.
Thanks
The M5R1 for a 4.0 Ranger bolts onto the 2.8 engine, with one "do nothing" bolt hole left unused. The M5R1 does not use a separate bell, so no problems there.
I have some photos, although I cannot find one that includes a "dummy" shifter. But these should help. The heart of the shifter is an industrial 5/8" U-Joint. It worked fine. I later made another mechanism, using a 5/8" swivel rod end. It also worked and was easier to fab.
Bill
I have some photos, although I cannot find one that includes a "dummy" shifter. But these should help. The heart of the shifter is an industrial 5/8" U-Joint. It worked fine. I later made another mechanism, using a 5/8" swivel rod end. It also worked and was easier to fab.
Bill
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After posting these pictures, I think the first one was taking when I was using the bent shifter rod. I kept the bend under the tunnel, but you can see that it placed the rod in an awkward position. As you can see in the last photo,he final setup placed the shifter in a vertical position. For the second mechanism, I reused the home made shifter rod.
Bill
Bill