Sorry I didn't see this earlier. I used a Hurst shifter that is 12" from the floor. I did use one of the optional shifters from Modern Drivelines, but not the most expensive one. I think I am using the same ball that you show. Here is a bad pic of my shift lever. Larry
Larry Smith
1964 Futura
347 stroker
A big box arrived yesterday with my new transmission. That's all I have so far. I still need to buy all of the other stuff to go with it. Things like clutch, bellhousing etc.
Patrick Brown
331 Stroker / T5 / 8" / Wilwood Disks / RRS R&P Steering / Megasquirt EFI
Yeah Christmas never ends when your building a falcon.
Picture it up, it's easier to see it now than crawl under your car!
63 Sedan Delivery
5.0 HO EFI AOD 8" rear
I'm finally getting started on this swap. Exhaust is removed with a little help from the sawzall. The drive-shaft is out and most of the fasteners.
BTW - Does anyone have a 10 spline clutch pilot tool I can borrow? The one that came in my new clutch was broken.
Patrick Brown
331 Stroker / T5 / 8" / Wilwood Disks / RRS R&P Steering / Megasquirt EFI
I have a universal kit. One size fits most. I may have splined version too. Have a few. What's the OD?
Roger Moore
63 "Flarechero"
powered by: 347ci stroker | Tremec T5 | 8" 3:45 TracLoc rear
I have the 10 spline that came with mine Pat. Just let me know how to get it to you Larry
Larry Smith
1964 Futura
347 stroker
The C4 is officially out thanks to some help from Kenny. I have the new blockplate, flywheel, and pilot bearing installed.
Larry - I sent you a PM.
Patrick Brown
331 Stroker / T5 / 8" / Wilwood Disks / RRS R&P Steering / Megasquirt EFI
I made some progress today. The the clutch is installed and the bellhousing. And yes, that is burgundy powder coating on the back of the engine block in case anyone was wondering.
Last edited by pbrown; June 29th, 2014 at 09:36 PM.
Patrick Brown
331 Stroker / T5 / 8" / Wilwood Disks / RRS R&P Steering / Megasquirt EFI
The tranny is in. I need to get my drive shaft shortened a bit. I also need to make a small mod near the cross member to allow the electric speedo connector to fit without binding.
It's a very tight fit. I had to cut off a 1/4" tab on the left side of the top cover in order to allow the transmission to clear the tunnel.
Patrick Brown
331 Stroker / T5 / 8" / Wilwood Disks / RRS R&P Steering / Megasquirt EFI
Keep it up. Drive it to the meeting Wednesday? Looking really good and I know you are going to love it. Larry
Larry Smith
1964 Futura
347 stroker
I need to get my pedal parts back from Steve before I can do anything.
I'll drop the driveshaft off at Drivelines NW on Tuesday.
Patrick Brown
331 Stroker / T5 / 8" / Wilwood Disks / RRS R&P Steering / Megasquirt EFI
I managed to do a a little work this weekend.
The newly shortened driveshaft is installed and has a perfect 3/4" of exposed yoke on the slip joint.
I had to grind away a small amount of material in the cross brace to make room for the speedometer sending unit plug. The new tranny is has an electronic sending unit instead of a cable. It's in the same place as the cable would be and the plug would not allow the tranny to go high enough to sit on the new T5 crossmember.
Speaking of crossmembers, this new T5 crossmember has the parking brake pivot welded on too high. The parking brake parts touch the driveshaft. I'll need to cut that off and weld it back on one inch lower.
I'm also fiddling around with the exhaust. I have some 2 1/4" mandrel bent pieces from Summit Racing and I'm trying to figure out how to best go about fitting them in. There is a boss on the left side of the Ford Mustang T5 bellhousing for use with cable operated clutches. I'll be using a hydraulic clutch and might just cut this thing off. It would make the exhaust routing much easier.
Last edited by pbrown; July 20th, 2014 at 04:56 PM.
Patrick Brown
331 Stroker / T5 / 8" / Wilwood Disks / RRS R&P Steering / Megasquirt EFI
I'm slowly pecking away at this swap. I cut and rewelded the parking brake bracket. The modified crossmember fits very well.
I also started fitting the exhaust pieces this evening. The photo shows the beginning of the right side header connection.
I have to go to Portland this weekend so this will delay things further. I hope to have this thing done the following weekend.
Patrick Brown
331 Stroker / T5 / 8" / Wilwood Disks / RRS R&P Steering / Megasquirt EFI
How did your pedal assembly turn out? Did I plug all the right places?
63 Sedan Delivery
5.0 HO EFI AOD 8" rear
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