3.55 or 3.80 gears

Discussion in 'Technical' started by JHodges, May 31, 2009.

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what gears

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  1. Joe Dirt

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    Im using a external slave with mine.
     
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    It has been so long I have a hard time remembering. I think I used the JMC Motorsports kit. It was over $400 :( But there are far cheaper ways to do it. I met a guy here locally who used to road race Mavericks and he scavenged the master and some other parts from 80s and 90s Toyota pick-up trucks. If all you need is the master and don't want to get poor like I did I'd start there.

    I also found this place. When looking around on the net :)
    http://extremecustomparts.com/i-361...jeep-cj5-cj7-cj8-muscle-cars-5-0-mustang.html


    If the rain stops maybe I'll go try to take some pics of mine.
     
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    Where'd you put it ? With the external linkage and headers, there's no room that I can see. I've got the McCleod unit anyway from the Ranger, so that's one thing less I have to worry about fitting. I have the master from the Ranger too, just grabbed it just in case I could use it. Now I just need time to figure it all out. Might just wait til the C-4 goes first though before doing anything.
     
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    mines mounted off the trans crossmember, clears the long tube headmans on my car with plenty of room, ill see if i got any pics
     
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    I once mounted a pusher slave to a fabbed up bracket to the bellhousing where it bolts to the block
     
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    i went out and took these today
     
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    Looks like there's more room in there than I figured to be. That'll be the backup plan if I decide not to use the McCleod unit.
     
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    theres more room around the top then it looks in the pics if anything its closer to the floor board then the headers or linkages
     
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    69gts uses a bolt in style and is real easy to install. You need to run a t5 bellhousing I think.
     
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    You can't use a T-5 bell with a Toploader. Nor a Tremec (Cobra/SROD) bell. The Toploaders have a 1" shorter input shaft.
     
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    Yeah, the T-5 and toploader have a different bolt pattern for the trans to bell housing connection too. You can get a scatter shield with both patterns.
     
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    No Scattersheilds for me. Too big and bulky in small cars for me. I like my space :D
     

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