Congrats on the swap Bob! I'm sure you're tired of taking T5's in and out of that car. I'll be looking to put a beefy manual trans in my fox at some point in the next few years hopefully. What are the pros/cons of this trans versus something like a T-56 or T-56 Magnum?
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2.4" upper pulley, ID1300 injectors, BAP, E85 tune, Cat Delete Pipes, One Piece Drive Shaft, Diff Brace, 305/35/20 555R's for the street and 305/45/18 MT ET Street R's for the track. 9.97@142 Best ET
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Lifted, 35's, 460 4spd
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A T56 is really nearly useless behind a 4 cylinder. Gearing is very bad.
thats one of the advantages of this, I picked my gearing. In the end, they call this a 1,000 hp transmission ... I'm not buying that completely but it's much much strong ... he'll the main shaft and cluster shaft is 1 3/4" ... this is a true faceplate transmission with straight cut gears
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1988 Mustang 408 W. All Motor New Best 5/5/18 10:15 @ 131 mph.
1964 Chevy SS Convertible 327 300 HP.
1964 Chevy SS Hardtop 327 250 HP. Sold 2017.
1954 Ford Radical Custom Convertible.
1991 GMC Sierra 1500-SLE 1/2 Ton Reg. Cab Short Bed.
1930 Model A Sport Coupe Owned Since 1970 Sold 2016.
Well, lots of details to finish, but the G101a is officially in the car. Need to build the trans mount (have everything), need to rebuild the tunnel, one more spot to clearance in the tunnel, and it's getting there... took a first measurement for the driveshaft, need to button things down to order that ...
then its carpet and back together ... as long as I don't get screwed on the driveshaft, I could be running next week
looks good in there
Troy
95 gt 11.3 @ 126
68 f100 SB soon to be coyote powered
12 GT 6m cobra jet powered 11.4 @124
90 lx supercharged 440 rwhp on 8 lbs
17 f150 crew cab coyote powered
PEOPLE HAVE MORE FUN THAN ANYONE
That's too pretty to hide with carpet and trim!
1985 Ranger--2WD, basic bolt-ons and tires, 11.92 @ 111mph.
1986 Ranger--2WD, 5.0/T5/8.8.
because showcar...
2014 GT Premium - Sterling Gray Metallic - MT82 - Track Pack - Glass Roof - Recaro seats - Spoiler delete
12.76 @ 114.04 bone stock. Koni yellow coil-overs, BMR watts, LCA and LCA relo brackets, Borla S-type axle back.
1966 Coupe - 331 stroker - Bullet custom roller cam - cam and motor installed and dyno tuned by Rodeheavers Hot Rod - Astro A5 - McLeod RXT - 486 to the wheels - more fun than my little tires can handle
1966 Oldsmobile Toronado - currently NOT on jackstands
There is nothing better than cutting up a perfectly good car for performance upgrades looks awesome ....
i joke that I would cut it in half to make it faster sometimes ... that felt like I was doing that.
didnt take any pictures, but a bunch done tonight ... squared the motor and transmission in the car, it's square to the world now ...built a trans mount for it .. G101a uses a TH400 mount and they are short ... dabbed up an adapter and got that all cinched down .. love the Stifflers crossmember, just moved the bushings around and it bolted in .. effectively it's all done underneath .. ordered my driveshaft too .... start on covering the tunnel tomorrow night ...
Bob can you point me to the guidelines to square up the motor/trans?
mark
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'06 Focus. Built. Turbo. WMI. 12.43 @ 115 (sold)
'03 Mach 1 : 12.61 @ 106.59 (sold)
he's into that, that spiritual stuff. <><
Well ... my junk is obviously different, so I work with a level, square, and a couple of strings with plumb bobs ... the deal is the motor mounts sit in slots in my tubular K Member so the motor can get racked around. With an inline 4 I can use a digital level on my valve cover for side to side ... success for me is when I let the transmission sit down on the crossmember and the bolts slide right in perfectly. The torque of a vertical engine keeps wanting to become a slant 6 in my chassis, then that makes the transmission out of line (small change at motor is big change at tail shaft).
in the end, centered in the chassis and plumb.
Covered up at the goodness tonight ... pieces made, tacked / screwed in place until Frank can get over with his real welder .. added to my must have tool list a real mug .. I have a fluxcore that has generally served well for stuff I could tack up and take to a real welder . Not so easy on the project.
Frank came last night and welded up the patch panels. Rock solid.
new black carpet and console delete ...
its TS becoming a race car in spite of my denial
Love that non-cruise wheel.
2014 GT Premium - Sterling Gray Metallic - MT82 - Track Pack - Glass Roof - Recaro seats - Spoiler delete
12.76 @ 114.04 bone stock. Koni yellow coil-overs, BMR watts, LCA and LCA relo brackets, Borla S-type axle back.
1966 Coupe - 331 stroker - Bullet custom roller cam - cam and motor installed and dyno tuned by Rodeheavers Hot Rod - Astro A5 - McLeod RXT - 486 to the wheels - more fun than my little tires can handle
1966 Oldsmobile Toronado - currently NOT on jackstands
Looks awesome Bob. When u think ull be out to test?
One thing nice about those Fox dashboards. Remove center console and it looks completely normal.
Ed...
2012 Ram 2500 4x4, 5.7 Hemi, leveled, 35" tires
2004 Mustang GT - Comp Orange/5speed Best 1/4 11.94@113.64, 1/8 7.59@89.48, 1.57 60' - Best 60' 1.51, just a NA 2v
its all together except driveshaft and fluid. Expecting the driveshaft Monday or Tuesday latest so it could go this weekend. The challenge is that this is Nostalgia weekend at Keystone and usually way too much of a zoo for me to get testing in ... looking at schedules for an option.
no doubt ... I would of left the console since it's only 6#, but with the tunnel shift and the new lever location it wasn't worth it
not that everything about my car isn't odd, but what effectively was a "high end" model, RS Turbo Capri, delivered as no AC, no cruise, manual windows, locks, etc .etc ... it would be like trying to get a stripped Premium GT these days ...
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