Why did GM design the t-5 bellhousing so the transmission is tilted at an angle? Such a pain in the *** if you want to put a different transmission in and not make some halfass wedge to mount it to the crossmember... I've been googleing the answer and cant find it anywhere...

Thanks!

 

If you are swapping out the transmission and want to do so correctly you should get the right corresponding crossmember and transmission mount. No need to make a wedge.

 

So that the fork wouldn't go RIGHT DIRECTLY THROUGH the driver's right foot.

Those pesky details...

 

That still doesn't make sense why they would tilt the transmission. The fork is in the bellhousing not the transmission

 

That doesn't explain 1982 models with straight up bellhousing and thesame fork angle as the other third-gens?


They did it for the shifter position.

The tailhousing, shifter, and bellousing were all that needed changed to make the T5 fit the third-gen very well. The depth of the shifter lever under the shifter is set among a huge number of Borg-Warner derived models. Running a longer upper lever with a z or other bend would hurt shift characteristics. And adding a canted box along the side of the tailhousing or additional fulcrum point isn't a good overall solution either.

What's this Google of which you speak?