5-speed advice needed
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Hello!
I'm building a '31 Ford roadster with a 289 V8. I'm posting here because I'm interested in a Ford truck transmission--the M5R2--that no one but Ford truck guys seem to know anything about.
The thing I like about the M5R2 is the shifter location. The shifter location on a Mustang T5 ends up underneath the bench seat on the roadster, and I dislike the boomerang-shaped shifters I've seen hacked together to work around the problem
Price is also an issue. Either a T5 with a modified shifter location or a Tremec 3550 with a forward-mounted shifter will work, but they both cost well over a thousand dollars.
So I'm looking at the M5R2 as an inexpensive, lightweight, readily available option, but I've never driven a car with one.
What is your opinion of the M5R2? Do they shift smoothly? Should I get something else?
I'm building a '31 Ford roadster with a 289 V8. I'm posting here because I'm interested in a Ford truck transmission--the M5R2--that no one but Ford truck guys seem to know anything about.
The thing I like about the M5R2 is the shifter location. The shifter location on a Mustang T5 ends up underneath the bench seat on the roadster, and I dislike the boomerang-shaped shifters I've seen hacked together to work around the problem
Price is also an issue. Either a T5 with a modified shifter location or a Tremec 3550 with a forward-mounted shifter will work, but they both cost well over a thousand dollars.
So I'm looking at the M5R2 as an inexpensive, lightweight, readily available option, but I've never driven a car with one.
What is your opinion of the M5R2? Do they shift smoothly? Should I get something else?
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I have the M5R2 in my 93 F150, replaced at 115K miles, these transmissions aren't cheap and will also cost around $1K for a rebuilt unit. I personally dislike the transmission, it is very loud and shifts poorly.
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I dont think I'd like one of those in a car either. They dont always shift real nice. The T-Bird SuperCoupe that my wife drove had the same basic transmission and I really disliked it in that. A T5 shifts much nicer. Jeeps use a T5 with a forward mounted shifter but I'm sure it would be too difficult to make any of that work. I thought I saw somewhere that there was a T5 with a forward mounted shifter and a more normal extension housing but I cant remember where I saw that.
You might want to check out the forums at www.fordmuscle.com and see if anyone there has any ideas. There are some major gearheads there
You might want to check out the forums at www.fordmuscle.com and see if anyone there has any ideas. There are some major gearheads there
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Ah, that's what I was afraid of. Oh, well.
By the way, I think I know the T5 you saw--it's probably the way I'll end up going:
http://www.moderndriveline.com/images/t-5shifterfor.jpg
It's a Mustang T5 mated to an S10 T5 tailshaft. Costs about $600 over the cost of a rebuilt T5 for the conversion...
By the way, I think I know the T5 you saw--it's probably the way I'll end up going:
http://www.moderndriveline.com/images/t-5shifterfor.jpg
It's a Mustang T5 mated to an S10 T5 tailshaft. Costs about $600 over the cost of a rebuilt T5 for the conversion...
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