appearence differences between a 4 and 8 cyl tranny

[nonglossjason]

doesn anyone know any? I just dont want to get ripped off thanks

 

[mob]

i forgot what its called but that bar that comes out that connects to the tranny, im pretty sure that one is smaller then an 8 cyl, some guy ripped my dad off, some guy sold him a t-5, said it was for a v8, but it was a 4cyl tranny

 

[nonglossjason]

see thats what i dont want to happen

 

[RACEME]

The easy way to tell, is that the input shaft end is smaller on a 4cyl trans. This is the smooth part that fits into the bearing in the middle of the flywheel. It is like .200 smaller than the v8 ones.

 

[jrichker]

The simple test is to put the trans in first gear and turn the inplut shaft. The 4 cylinder trans will turn the input shaft almost 4 times befor the output makes one turn. This is because the 4 cylinder trans has a 3.97:1 first gear. All the V8 T5's have either a 3.35 or 2.95 first gear.

 

[Boss 351]

Easy way is to get a clutch alignment tool and compare the end of it with the transmission input shaft... if the tool is bigger than it's a 4 banger tranny...

 

[86bluecobra]

use the id chart. its really the only way to know. unless some guy switches tags. that would not be nice.