1952-59 Ford Y-block tranny swap ?

What modern 4-5 speed ******s are out there that swap behind a y-block bell housing,either directly or with an adapter? And what other parts are needed to make it all work?

 

A t-5 will bolt to a p***enger car bellhousing with an adapter or to some of the truck bellhousings with modification.

See this site for more details; http://www.ford-y-block.com/index.html

 

For the car it needs to be 93 or older. The newer T5 has a longer input shaft.Also you can get the car adapter cheaper here http://www.safepay.net/cgi-bin/shop...xt&category=Adapter***erchant=moderndriveline

 

A T-10 out of a 60's Ford should bolt right up, possibly a diff pilot bushing and clutch plate, Drive shaft length

 

Wow that is much cheaper than anything i have seen before. Do you have any experience with this company? Are there any reviews of their products that you know of?

 

Its not very modern but it would definitely work, the T-5 with overdrive will make it much nicer to drive on the highway.

 

Early top loaders (64) will bolt up with only a slight mod to the bearing retainer and cutting off about 3/8 off the nose of the input shaft. The early toploaders had the same bolt pattern as the Yblock trans. Second generation had both the same pattern and a wider pattern at the top.

 

Mine has a toploader out of a '66 Comet.

 

If you look at the Mummerts and the Modern Driveline adapters they look the same. If I were to bet I would say they supply John with his. I have'nt used one just yet but it is on my to do list.

 

How about one of the toploader imposters found in a Granada, the one that has an overdrive for 4th gear. Should bolt in just like the earlier 60's style toploader.

 

I always thought the biggest perc of an OD was to be able to run a lower gear in the rear, giving you better acceleration in the lower gears, as opposed to better highway mileage.. Run a wide ratio 4 speed with a taller gear in back and probably have the best of both worlds. Ebay is full of T-10 from cheap to a lot, from used to total rebuilds.

 

Great info here.
If I may take this another direction for just a bit, does anyone know roughly the cost difference of a manual (t5 plus bellhousing, clutch, pedal ***embly, etc) vs an AOD or similar automatic swap? I would be installing on my 239 that is still running strong, but ford-o-matic is now leaking bad.