so after i pick up an intake mani, carb, radiator and fab my motor and tranny mounts, i will be installing a 302 and t5 into my 60' f100... who has done a similar swap? and can anyone enlighten me on where my shifter is going to rest? how much farther back is the shifter going to be? thanks!
Remember, a whole bunch of T5 stuff can be interchanged. The shifter can be had in different locations.
To answer your title question - Ford. I think there was a recent post on early F100 and T5 swaps. Search and see if you can find it - I think the consensus was the shifter was fine where it was, but don't quote me on it.
This couldn't be any easier, you are looking for fox body mustang parts, all stock stuff. You will need to adapt the clutch fork, as the fox bodys are cable operated, but you can buy a universal slave cylinder from jegs or summit and run hydraulic as I believe thats what your truck is originally? The big problem will be shifter location, I had a T5 in my 46 chevy pickup during mock up and the stock shifter sat so far back i couldn't have gotten a seat in it. The trick is supposed to be running a S10 pickup tailshaft and shifter housing. Maybe someone can chime in as far as what all you need, but from what I understand its the shift rod, tail housing and shifter assembly. It moves it forward several inches. Good luck, Scot
Presuming the F', had floor shift?, Easily availbly strong V8 T5's of the Mustang genre will have the shifter back where your hand is. Ford Toploaders, T10 , early 4spd cars were forward with cool handles - trucks using differnt HD topshifters . Heres a T5 W/offset shift plate , bench seat with patched rug on left from 4spd
How did that offset shifter work? Did it change the leverage or feel of it noticeably? Could you shift it like a hotrod basically? Seems like an easy fix! Scot
The only thing you have to watch out for is the forward gears (1,3,5) and the offset hitting the floor. You can eliminate that by making the offset a parallelogram instead of a rectangle and shift it forward and up...or bend a shift arm the same way. It shouldn't change anything as far as feel - if you end up making the shifter taller, your throw increases and vice-verse.
Note the shift ball basically directly above (perpendicular) to the tranny stub. The offset plate gives some clearance in the 2/4/R position for the bench seat and shifts/feels just right (with no problem hitting floor). (Hurst T5 short-throw/limited shifter)
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