T5 tranny conversion 1st gen stovebolt

If I can mate a T-5 to a 1955 Buick Nailhead you can mate one to a Chevrolet....I did mine with all Buick parts. I know theres a way to use a stock Chevrolet bell housing with a bit of machining. All I had to do was open the center hole so the bearing retainer would fit in and mark , drill, and tap the four bolt holes to mount it.

 

wow.. been a while since ive been to this site. lots of comments. the adapter is done, the tranny is bolted up and the clutch releases. we'll see how long the pilot bearing lasts.. as 55 dude says, probably as long as that old oil slingin' Babbitt rod engine.

here is the youtube link to my latest post.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH5iFXLCEPs

 

I plan to use an S-10 rear end and some good old "ARKIE-ology" to adapt discs to the front.

 

too late!

 

I've read all the tech articles.. and good stuff! but they dont deal with the engine I'm using. tons of tech on doing a 235 chevy but not a 194. doesnt matter now.. I figured it out and will share the information with anyone who wants it.
thanks

 

Mac the yankee,
I sent you a long email during xmas break. didnt hear anything back from you. thought you dropped off the face! haha

 

Good going. That's got to make that old pounder much more tractable on today's highways.
Now, you can get a hole saw, a pair of flat exhaust flanges, and a foot of 1 1/2 inch exhaust pipe and make yourself a multicarb intake for it.

 

HEATHEN, you might just be about 2 steps behind that old ARKIE stay tuned!

 

This might be some good tech if you can pull it off. When putting a T5 behind a 216/235, etc. you have to shorten the shaft or run a spacer to get rid of the extra input shaft length. I don't see why that space could not be taken up by an adapter between the bell housing and block instead (with bell mods), if the bell on the '32 is the same depth at the 235. Doing it this way might even take care of the need to trim the T/O bearing collar, and the need to find a slim hub'd (Astro) disc.

Do it. Document it, and then show us how. Please?

 

why don't you do it? get some spacers and see where your t-5 ends up. if it's where you want it grab some plywood and mock up yourself the adaptor you need. wood works good for fabbing adaptors. years ago we used wood to adapt carbs on the cheap. after a few "flame on" experiences i discovered aluminum foil works good to prolong your prototypes.

 

Looks like I will FINALLY get some garage time this weekend (either been flat-on-my-back sick or overscheduled since Thanksgiving), so I'll measure the '28 bellhousing to see if we have a match!

 

Well, I don't need it done, for one, and I don't have access to that engine, or a 235 bell. Otherwise I'd be up for it. If I were closer to him, we'd already be on it.

Sorry for trying to be encouraging.

 

yeah, Gimpyshotrods, I was thinking the same thing.. why dont "you" do it? I"m already done with mine and Im not going to start over. although your idea would have been another way to go and it sounds good to me! please post it when you're done

and Heathen.. yep! I've alredy been thinking about a multicarb intake AND headers!! haha

 

I appreciate the encouragement Gimpysrods and thank you. I wasnt being a smart ass but I dont need it done either. lol. not now. I was trying to keep the cost down. that chunk of aluminum that I used cost 80 bucks. a piece big enough to make a bell housing adapter would have cost twice as much. im happy with it. I see no reason to re-invent it now.

 

The intake port spacing can't be far off from the '37-'62 style sixes---there's a guy around here with a '33 Chevy roadster with an Offenhauser intake intended for a 216 adapted to the stock cylinder head.

 

well, I tried the intake gasket from my 235 and it was quite a bit bigger than my 32. dont know about the 216, I assumed they the 216 and 235 would be the same but maybe not. is that guy running the original 33 engine?

 

Yes. I'm not sure what sort of homemade adapters lurk in between the intake and the head.

 

ken post some pic's of both gaskets. gotta start somewhere to make the new intake for your truck.

 

No worries man. I am just trying to keep the interactions on the board a positive and supportive thing. I absolutely love seeing clever stuff being pulled off, that has not been done before, or doing it another way.

As far as I am concerned, that's what hot-rodding is all about, and I will do whatever I can to keep it rollin'!

 

im busy with the hind end right now. posting pictures of the gaskets isnt going to help anyone. If I do an intake swap, I'll wait until I'm done then post the whole process on youtube just like I did with the tranny swap

 

... long as your head-quarters aren't stuck in your hind-quarters (as my dad used to say)

 

now thats some funny shit!

 

ken i watched your latest videos and you need to post the links as that is some funny stuff!

 

i love the info here but find this site hard to get around. i can never find this thread other than doing a search for t5 conversion, then it comes up. there has to be a better way.
here is my latest youtube video clip. i was just having a good time in my shop and acting a fool.. I drove my hotrod 2 feet forward and 2 feet backards! haha. BUT the clutch WORKS!! i just had to know http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtEajIAb87Q
eat your heart out "Mack the yankee" hahaha

 

If you subscribe to the thread, you can find it any time you want!

The video looks great- congrats!!!

 

ken sent you a email.

 

thanks.. got it now

 

Alright, it's only been two weeks, and now that MY head in the right place...

Here are the pics of the '28 bellhousing- it's approx 4 5/8" deep (add another 1/8" for the trans crossmember) and the shaft hole is 4".

And NO, I did NOT cut that inspection hole... some overly-eager yahoo added it WELL before I ever got my hands on it !

 

sorry Bill, that bell housing is nothing like mine so making a pattern of my adapter wont help you. but. you saw the youtube clip on mine.. you can build one. I lucked out and the input shaft on the t5 fit perfectly the pilot bearing in the crankshaft so.. all I had to deal with was the extra 5/8 in. space to fill and lining up the bolt holes. your bearing might be the same too but I know you can get a bushing made if not.

 

here is the latest update on my old 32 chevy project

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xGorxVNtv0