T-5 Conversion issue

go the cheap way and get the 94 bell housing and adjust the shifter opening.

buy a new input shaft for it. Take your old input shaft out and count the teeth, then look for an 87-93 t5 input that matches

I'll second rbohm, get the 94 bellhousing. I put a 97 V6 (same torque rating as the earlier V8's) in my 66 coupe. It'll work to your advantage as the shifter ended up directly in the center of the factory hole (no cutting/trimming). Made my own mount. Not sure if the 94/5 T5's have an electronic speedo but double check. I had to convert and modify an earlier tailshaft housing and add a speedo gear. The output shaft still had the boss for the gear so that wasn't that big of a deal. If I were to do it again I'd probably swap to an elec. speedo instead. Is your engine original? If so, make sure to get the correct balance flywheel (28oz.). The clutch fork comes out lower in the bell which worked to my advantage with the Flowtech headers as it is lower than the tubes but still above the frame rails. I'm stuck on my conversion right now trying to figure out a hydraulic setup using over the counter parts instead of dropping $400 on the kits out there which won't work with the clutch fork on a 94 and later bell housing anyway.

tweet66 said:

I'll second rbohm, get the 94 bellhousing. I put a 97 V6 (same torque rating as the earlier V8's) in my 66 coupe. It'll work to your advantage as the shifter ended up directly in the center of the factory hole (no cutting/trimming).

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+1 -- The 94-95 trans fits perfectly - no cutting of the shifter hole required. You'll have to fab something for the trans mount (I used the Fox trans mount for the '65 and modified it - pretty simple).

tweet66 said:

I'm stuck on my conversion right now trying to figure out a hydraulic setup using over the counter parts instead of dropping $400 on the kits out there which won't work with the clutch fork on a 94 and later bell housing anyway.

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If you're willing to drop a few $, JMC has a ready-made kit for the 94+ trans that I've had working for past ~3 years. It works well and bolted right up. Call them directly - that's how I discovered that the piece even existed.

I would order a shortened input shaft, then you can use a stock '65 bell and clutch linkage stuff. No need for spacers then.

I put a 1996 World Class T-5 in m 65 back in 96. I used the California Pony Cars install kit with their stock type 65 shifter. It went in like a factory install. Clines cut the drive shaft for $35.00. Total outlay of less than $1500.00

Electronic speedo's were not used until 96.