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After taking a few weeks off from doing anything major to my mustang I am ready to begin collecting parts for my next project....T5 conversion.
1. What year T5 will work? Will any 5 speed v8 car from the fox body mustang's up work?
2. Also which ratio do I want? If I understand correctly these trannies came in 2 ratios, one is a little shorter than the other. Right now my car has 2.80 open rear end but that will probably be getting changed to a posi of some kind (depending on what I can locate at the local pick a parts)in my next project.
3. What rear end gear ratios do late model mustang's come stock with (my theory here is that if I am going with a T5 tranny I should try to find rear end gear as close to late model gearing as possible for best drivability).
Thank You,
Alan
1. What year T5 will work? Will any 5 speed v8 car from the fox body mustang's up work?
2. Also which ratio do I want? If I understand correctly these trannies came in 2 ratios, one is a little shorter than the other. Right now my car has 2.80 open rear end but that will probably be getting changed to a posi of some kind (depending on what I can locate at the local pick a parts)in my next project.
3. What rear end gear ratios do late model mustang's come stock with (my theory here is that if I am going with a T5 tranny I should try to find rear end gear as close to late model gearing as possible for best drivability).
Thank You,
Alan