T-5 Ratios With a Flathead

[Richard in Florida]

Originally Posted by JWL

You need to clean your interior.

I scrub and I scrub, but I can't get all that sunlight out of there.

[40 Deluxe]

Pete,
Could you share some details on redrilling a Chev. bellhousing to fit an 8BA? Sounds interersting!

[Pete]

Originally Posted by 40 Deluxe

Pete,
Could you share some details on redrilling a Chev. bellhousing to fit an 8BA? Sounds interersting!

There's not much to it.
Clamp the housing up to the block, bump it around so you are somewhere in the ballpark with the pilot bore and crank flange lined up.
Dial it in, cinch it down and drill the appropriate holes. Put some bolts in and check your dial-in again. No more than .003 TIR should work fine.
Now, drill and taper ream 2 holes near where the original dowel pins were for 1/4 inch taper pins. Pick a spot to put these where you can drill all the way through the block flange. This will make it easy to remove the pins for dissassembly. On final assembly make sure the taper pins are seated all the way down. This is your repeatability to your original dial-in.
VERY IMPORTANT.
Use Chev clutch fork etc etc.

[Ol' Ron]

Does anybody have a chevy bell housing with the Ford bolt pattern for sale??

[kiwitony]

I'm surprised only one person picked up on bubbas typo, 18000 rpm haha. Tony.

[Flat Ernie]

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Originally Posted by TomT/Williamsburg

FlatErnie has all of the T5s info - good to hear from you - it's great that he keeps compiling things with regard to that trans.

No, I'm far from an expert on these things. I just dabbled with them a lot a long time ago. Even my write-ups have errors in them...one of these days, I'll fix 'em. However, between the community, there are several folks who bring some very good areas of expertise and vast experience - far more than I. Thankfully, you can usually get a good answer to T5 questions these days.

Except for Ol' Ron's very reasonable question - why doesn't someone make an affordable adapter to put the Ford T5 behind the flatty?

[BUBBAS IGNITION]

Originally Posted by kiwitony

I'm surprised only one person picked up on bubbas typo, 18000 rpm haha. Tony.

A really bad flathead at 18800 ??? Thanks.for the tip ....

[MARVIN, CT]

Along with looking for an adaptor for the Ford t5 ( a friend made one up for me), try finding an angle drive for the speedometer cable coming out of the Ford transmission. Can't even finf a GM speedometer gear housing for mocking something up. Marvin,ct