3.8 T5 & Bellhousing to 1987 Lincoln 5.0

[ks65stang]

Need some T5 specific advice. I built a carbed V8 2wd 2002 Ranger (short cab / step side) w/ an AOD for my kiddo's first car (solid bumpers & airbags). It's a lot of fun to drive! I'm gonna let my son learn to drive on the AOD and then later swap it to a T5 (assuming it dosent get wrecked). Also, Im not sure how long the used AOD will last anyway. This is a budget truck and I have access to a lot of 3.8 T5's and I need to start collecting parts. I have experience similar to this swap as I put a t5 (from C4) in my 65 mustang.

Question...hopefully from folks who have done this: Can I make a 1995+ 3.8 bellhousing & T5 work on my setup? I'm not considering driveshaft length or hydraulic clutch operation now (truck already has a hydraulic master cylinder as it was a 5-speed / 4-banger). I know the 95+ 3.8 T5's have a longer input shaft and can be swapped to the shorter fox shaft, but I rather not. I rather bolt the 3.8 bell housing to my 302 & use the v6 T5 w/ the longer shaft and buy the larger 11" (164 tooth & 50oz) flywheel & truck starter since I need to buy these parts anyway. Don't need the speedo, as I am using a GPS speedo anyway.

Has anyone done this and what problems did you have, if any? I may just end up buying an expensive 94-95 5.0 bellhousing but these are way too high $$$.

Thank you in advance!

 

[KRUISR]

I have done the 94/95 5.0 bellhousing with an '03 V6 T5 (actually have had a '97 V6 and '94 GT T5s on this same clutch and bell as well) that I swapped the tail housing from a '96 to make a mechanical speedo work. Flywheel and clutch in this case is the same as a foxbody 5.0.

The 3.8 bell will bolt to the sbf block but as you mentioned needs a 164 tooth flywheel. I would think you could use the starter from the V6 as well in this scenario (correct flywheel size and V6 bell - it would be just like factory). The balance on the flywheel will depend on the vintage of the 302 as the older 70s/80s cars were 28 ounce - so just get the right one. The 94-04 V6 T5s used a clutch fork so that will be something to make sure you have the correct parts if you are planning to go hydraulic clutch.

Otherwise I think it should be pretty straight forward.

 

[ks65stang]

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