fred81292

I have a firebird with a 350 tbi. I know the bellhousings are the same for the 4.3 and 350s. But I heard you have to change the tailshaft housing as the third gens have a slight angle. Is the transmission itself a direct bolt in or do I have to change the tailshaft housing for that angle. And do 4.3 trannys have 10 or 27 spline shafts?

armybyrd

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Is this a t5 behind a 4.3 in an s10? Or do you have an nv3500 behind a 4.3 in a c1500?

fred81292

It's in an 89 c1500. So its not a t-5?

armybyrd

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I'm pretty sure c1500s weren't available with a t5. The 5 speed would be a nv3500 or nv4500(has granny gear)

fred81292

Oh ok so do you think the nv trannys would work? If not then will a mustang t5 work? I know I'll still need the output shaft housing but do I need to change the input shaft?

armybyrd

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The ford t5 has a diff bellhousing pattern so it won't bolt to a sbc. And I wouldn't want a nv3500 in an f body. Have you driven it? Had a 95 c1500 with one and the first gear was pretty much useless.
Are you just trying to do a 5 speed swap? Im selling all of my 5 speed parts including both t5s.

fred81292

Yea. But not trying to spend over 200. There's one off of a 3.4 on craigslist for 75. Just need the belhousing for v8. But of course no phone number just email. So I gotta wait for a reply

armybyrd

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V6 from a 4th gen uses the ford pattern so it won't mount to a sbc. Considering all the parts needed you're not doing the whole swap for $200.

fred81292

Yea. I don't wanna pay over 200 for the transmission. I'm getting the master and slave new. And pedal assembly online i can't find one locally. And then the console cover. And crossmember.

fervernt

They're out there, but you gotta spend some time looking. I wouldn't mess around with trying to make one fit, find someone parting out their car and just ask for everything you need. It took me awhile to find exactly what I wanted, but I got the whole setup for 500. Pedals, trans, cross member, shifter, master/slave. Bought a new clutch/ pressure plate from rock auto. Just gotta hunt down a manual shifter plate for a firebird, found out the hard way a camaro shifter plate won't fit a firebird lol

Drew

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Where to start...

Torque Arms, thirdgens have em. They bolt to the tailshaft of the transmission. Aside from some 4th gens, any transmission that didnt' come from a thirdgen isn't going to support the torque arm mount. You can relocate the torque arm mount, or go to an aftermarket torque arm, but that'll consume most of your $200 budget.

Shifter location. The T5 from anything but a thirdgen is going to have the shifter in the wrong place.

Bellhousings... Any SBC pattern bellhousing will bolt to a SBC, but thirdgen T5 bellhousings have the transmission mounted at an angle.

$200 might buy a junkyard transmission that may or may not work. But thirdgen V8 T5s are hard enough to find that you probably won't find one.

Formula 305

$200 T5 is a pipe dream. Let's break it down.

$200 T5, that is more than likely broken (or it wouldn't be $200)
Rebuild kit, that'll cost ya a couple hundered more
Harbor Freight Press $200
Output shaft (if you can find one on ebay) $100

Now your $200 T5 has cost you $700 and hours of labor & its still not in the car.