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I talked to probably 6 or 7 guys yesterday at the track and they said that the borg warner t-5 in the 300zx turbo's were the exact same tranny as the t-5's in the mustangs besides a different bellhousing. They all said if I just change the bellhousing to a mustang t-5 bellhousing it'll all just bolt right up. Is this true? The only other difference I hear was the the gear ratio of first gear was just a tad longer then the mustang t-5 gear but all the rest were the same.

My SROD 4-speed blew up.. what'd I expect to happen im pushing about 300lbs torque running 8.5's in the 1/8th on a pos tranny lol..

My buddy has a perfectly fine good shape 300zx turbo t-5 sitting at his house that he was gonna keep as a back up but doesn't need it and said I could have it for $50.

Can someone verify this tranny will work if i just use the correct bellhousing?

Thanks

rmodel65

i dont believe so i read an article a while back about it if you want cheap for a t5 get one from a four banger fox little less torque capacity but if you not heavily modded it will last a while

raven_ghostwolf

Not All T-5's are Created Equal
Not all Borg Warner T-5's are the same. The first T-5 five speeds were introduced to market in 1982, in all things, a AMC Spirit/Concord. In 1983, T-5's were introduced to Mustangs and are currently still used in the V-6 Mustangs. The T-5 is the only American made standard transmission to span almost 20 years of production. Because of the large quantities of T-5's produced, many parts are interchangeable. There are now over 200 different T-5 transmission assembly part numbers and still counting......

http://www.allfordmustangs.com/Detailed/349.shtml

Use that link should help answer all your questions.