im rebiulding an 1989 302 and was told that an t5 transmission would fit in my 1985 mustang lx and bolt up to a 302. what year range of t5 would i need and also what does it mean when people are selling there trannys as a core
A "core" is bad, like a used car, it's a trade-in to get a better price on new.
As far as I know a t-5 is a t-5. The only thing that changes is the bellhousing (which is seperate) from car to car. But you might want a world-class trans which you can find in an 86-94 (to get bellhousing too) mustang, and 95-03 (I think) for the trans itself since they stopped making the 302 after 94 (until recently, heh).
If the t-5 came from a 4 cylinder Mustang it has a real low first gear it will work i use to run one with 3.73 gears but first was drop it and shift almost needed to leave in 2nd