G. Simmons wrote:
> Last week RobXR250 posted this message:
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> > Does anyone know of a 5spd that with bolt up to my 56 235 in my 50
> > 3100? Im looking for somthing with similar gear ratios to the saginaw
> they
> > show in Patricks.
>
>
> I'm working on another '54 now, and for it I just had a rebuilt Borg Warner
> T-5 assembled by a professional tranny shop. The trick is that while some
> of the T-5s built for cars bolt up OK in the front, the shifter comes out
> too far in the rear for a pickup bench seat. Other T-5s were mounted at a 1
> 7 degree angle in front, which would make the shifter come out at a funny
> angle. So the one I have has a main housing which bolts to the bellhousing
> at the normal angle, and an S10 pickup tail housing, which puts the shifter
> in the right place. The .72 5th gear should make my '55 3.90 rear gears
> quite civilized at highway speeds.
I have four S-10 T-5's I have picked up at swaps. None I've seen bolt in at an
angle although there are many variants of the T-5. I have put 10 K on my truck
now with the 235 and T-5 and find it a nice cruiser and has held up so far. The
S-10 first gear however is very short at 4.08 or 3.76 and I start out in 2nd and
drive it like a 3 speed with OD and use 1st for steep direveways or off road. I
beleive Rob is asking about specifics on different ratios to use other than the
S-10 ratios which would be more favoralble to racing. I know you can put V-8
gears in the S-10 trans or use a tailshaft from an S-10 on a V-8 trans but don't
know specifics of which tanny to ask for for a specific ratio. I know some V-8
T-5's came with 2.9? first gear.
> At 07:47 PM 12/5/97 -0500, jhalton@fisnet.com wrote:
> >To my knowledge the early units were offered only on passenger cars, not
> > trucks.
Jack Geary is listed as tech advisor in Pickups and Panels in Print and I asked
him a couple years back about OD's in Task Force Trucks. He told me that they
were an option and can be identified by the two lower mounting holes being
threaded. A car OD can be used by using bolts and nuts with no problem.
Along the subject of this thread I see an ad at Stovelbolt Engine Co for a NP 4
speed from a 81 GMC that bolts in the same is the Saginaw. The seller says 4th
gear is OD. Anyone familiar with these?
Grant G
50 3100
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