Wondering if I'm safe to bolt up a t-10 to a 305?, Couple of more questions too I'll list them off:
- Would my t5 balhouseing work with this transmission?
-Also would the drive shaft work or would i need a different lenth one?
My car is a 91 trans am with a 305 TPI, with 3.43 rear end (would i have to change the rear end gears?) Why I want to know this is because i blew my t-5 and got a really good deal on a t-10 from a family member ,and i know its a good transmission, and am planning on putting a 383 stroker into the car in the future... Thanks for any help guys let me know

Also wondering if i would have to do any mods to the floor or anything like that

 

anyone?

 

- No, bolt pattern is different.
- You need a driveshaft from an '82... its a few inches longer.

You'll need a method of attaching the torque arm to use the T10, unless its one from an '82 like I have, which has torque arm provisions on it. Spohn (big sponsor at the top of this page) makes everything you'd need to put the old style T10 in your car though.

 

I personally would not go with a T-10, either the Saginaw or Borg-Warner one. The reason is because without the overdrive gear, with those rear end gears, you will likely pull upwards of 3k-4k RPMs just to do the speed limit. The 4th gear ratio on a T-10 is 1:1, which is basically like driving around an auto f body in 3rd all the time.

If you really want the T-10, try driving a 700R4-equipped f body around a few days in 3rd, if you can live with that, go ahead with the swap. I didn't want to, which is why I'm swapping my T-10 with a T-5.