My tranny has been acting up lately and my cousin gave me his t5 from his 94 v6 camaro.
i want to know if it bolts right on or does it even fit at all.

i have a 1986 trans am 5.0 t5

 

Should be about the same.. I know for sure the iroc v6 and v8 fit the t-5.. not positive about the fourth gens but i would be suprised if it changed. Also dont know much about the pontiacs but I've heard they are nearly identical. If your t-5 is jacked and needs replacing anyways, and you have the other one... it wouldnt hurt to remove the old t-5 and set both trannys side by side and do some measuring. Good luck

 

The '94 will have the Mustang bolt pattern on the case. It won't bolt to your bellhousing.

 

you already have a t5 correct?? well iirc, you should be able to pull the bell housing off your old T5 and install it on the new T5 (just make sure to take off the bell housing on the new T5 too)

oh and big gear head, where did you get Mustang out of any of this??? the trans is coming off of a 3.4 v6. definitely not a Mustang trans.

 

Read the sticky, post #40-41:

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/tran...ything-we.html

JamesC

 

I'm told that the 4th gen V6 T-5 transmissions used the Mustang case. I could be wrong, but I got the information from this board. Look around and you will probably find it. I left one on the ground when I bought my '94 3.4 to put in my S10. I wish I had took the transmission too.

 

ok, well it seems the only part that is weaker in the v6 T5 is the input shaft. couldn't he swap input shafts and bell housings still though???

 

The V6 bellhousing is going to be different. I think the 3.4 bellhousing is deeper than the 2.8 bellhousing. It's been about 12 years since I built my truck and I can't remember what parts were different. I know I couldn't use the 3.4 bellhousing, flywheel or clutch in my S10. The 3.4 flywheel is much thicker than the 2.8 flywheel. I had to use the S10 T-5 too. The bolt pattern on the 3.4 bellhousing is going to be way off on the 5.0.

Why not rebuild the original transmission?

 

the clutch is smaller, and i think the input shaft at pilot bearing is longer, other than that, i would think you can use it, or just get a wc input shaft and install it in the v6 tranny

 

the info about the case being different can be found here http://www.flatheadv8.org/ernie/ernie-t5.htm

 

Part of the T5 sticky.

JamesC

 

So the '93 and later GM T-5 transmissions do have the Ford bolt pattern. It was probalby cheaper for GM to buy them that way.

 

so i guess the best to do is take it apart and compare huh..
ill just do that. thanks for all the input guys.
if it dont fit, the'll be a t5 tranny in the for sale section soon

 

The 4th gen and Mustang T5's install straight-up/plumb. The 3rd gen T5's are clocked at 17 deg clockwise (when viewed from the rear of the trans). Third gen bellhousings are unique.