2 questions regarding flathead/T-5 & Model A axle ratios...

This may help you identify your Ford T-5 trans.

Ford T5 trans info.

 

Great post with some great results. Again, Graeme McNeil at www.macsspeed.com manufactures a bellhousing adaptor for T5 to flathead.

Best regards,

Greg Stokes

 

Makes perfect sense. The trans is locked up in Tardel's shop until he reopens next week, but I should be able to tell what I have. Thanks.

Mike

 

any body need a t5 trans i have them all?? .or if not can get them let me know
tim 757 254 2493

 

The first two numbers are pinion and ring tooth count. Don't need a chart, just divide the first number into the second. Typically rounded off to hundredths.

 

don't blow it on a T5. go with a tr3550 or tko500. uses the same toploader 4spd. bolt pattern from early 50's to mid sixties fords. use this link to gain more info on the subject. good luck.
http://www.5speedtransmissions.com/tr-3550.html

 

Hmmmmm...............speaking of "blowing it", the cheapest tranny I saw on that site was $1895.

C'ya - RAY

 

All good info but I've since sold the 50 engine to av8 and used my S-10 tranny in my 33 pickup.
Now, I have a brand new problem with T-5s....got a 4 cylinder version [still a world class from a '93] but it has a really weird bolt pattern. I dunno if it'll fit anything other than a 4 banger S-10 truck. The pattern is very narrow but really tall, top to bottom. I put it up against a chevy bellhousing and it appears one bolt hole matches up but the two bottom bolts holes are about 2 inches below the iron chevy pickup bellhousing.....nothing but air to bolt to. I was thinking of fab'ing up some heavy "L" brackets that bolt to the bellhousing inspection cover bolt holes and.....well, cobbling sounds like a pretty accurate description of my idea. Maybe a thick adapter plate is a better idea.....

 

Rocky,

You can find T5 cases pretty cheap on eBay - easy to swap guts from one to another...