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I have a 1978 King Cobra it has the T5 conversion. What length driveshaft do I need?
 

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I think you posed this question on FB too? ;-) Your King driveshaft will bolt right in with no modifications.
 

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It will bolt in but it will most likely need shortened about 1", that seems to be the average for a T5 swap. There are a few variables here. The best way is to crawl under the car and get a best guesstimate, then take the driveshaft to a shop and have them shorten it to your specification. I did this for mine and it was indeed 1".
I'm not 100% sure what my overall length is to be honest. Let me know if you don't have a driveshaft at all and need to have one made, I'll crawl under my car and measure it for you.

Btw, welcome to Stangnet!
 
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LILCBRA said:
It will bolt in but it will most likely need shortened about 1", that seems to be the average for a T5 swap. There are a few variables here. The best way is to crawl under the car and get a best guesstimate, then take the driveshaft to a shop and have them shorten it to your specification. I did this for mine and it was indeed 1".
I'm not 100% sure what my overall length is to be honest. Let me know if you don't have a driveshaft at all and need to have one made, I'll crawl under my car and measure it for you.

Btw, welcome to Stangnet!
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Thanks for the info. It actually doesn’t have a drive shaft, so I’ll need to get one.
 
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Sorry. I forgot about this when I got home from work yesterday. I've now set a reminder in my phone so I can get that for you.
 

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As luck would have it, I got stuck at work late yesterday so my reminder did me absolutely no good. It's reset and I'll try to get to it tonight.
 

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Ok, this will be a ROUGH measurement, but should get you in the ballpark. I was in a pretty bad position to ensure I was measuring from both U-joint centerlines, but CL to CL was around 44-45".
 
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LILCBRA said:
Ok, this will be a ROUGH measurement, but should get you in the ballpark. I was in a pretty bad position to ensure I was measuring from both U-joint centerlines, but CL to CL was around 44-45".
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Yeah I measured it the other day and was around 45”. Thanks for the info.
 
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