Tried searching a lil couldnt find what I was looking for. 87 5.0 sport car looking to swap to 5 speed
Will a peddle assembly out of a fox stang work or do I need to find a thunderbird set?
Is the driveshaft same lenght?
I assume ill need to use the electronic speedo setup outta the aod?
Any other things I should know?
All the help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
You will need.....
-Fox Stang pedal assembly
-Fox Stang bell housing
-Fox T-5
-Flywheel
-flywheel bolts
-clutch quadrant (I have a double hood aluminum piece)
-adjustable clutch cable (or stock if you use the self adjusting factory plastic quadrant)
-Shifter assembly
-lower shift boot
-Longer bolts for the top of the bell housing (the AOD bolts will work for the other 4)
-Block plate (between the bell housing and block)
-two small bolts for the bottom of the block plate to the bell housing)
-Tranny mount (the AOD mount will swap over)
-I would say speedo gear, but, I cut the end off mine just enough that it fit great.
-3 quarts of Automatic transmission fluid (I use Royal Purple)
-5 speed Thunderbird/ Cougar console panel
-pilot bearing
-clutch kit (it should come with the clutch, pilot bearing, throwout bearing, installation tool).
-Clutch Fork
-I adapted my AOD harness to work for the back up lights. Easy stuff.
The driveshaft should be a direct swap
Speedo sensor will swap
Cross member and trans mount will swap.
It took about 4 1/2 hours to do the swap in my car with a couple of friends helping out. It's a direct swap of all parts from a Fox Stang.
If I can help in any way, let me know. I remember when I first did it years ago, had a million questions. Now, just another day. LOL.
Thank you luckily I bought a motor and trans together.
Its rad hose to tail shaft. Its 89 motor and I assume trans is tge same year
It has 50 oz flywheel. Block plate/ index plate. King cobra clutch. Bellhousing with clutch fork. Trans mount double hump crossmember and a hurst short throw shifter.
So they still have reg clutch cables. Idk y I thought they were hydraulic like my 95 f150 was.
Thank you for the help.
Ill probably have to re gear the car I have 3:31 in it now for the aod. Ill prob go 4:10 with it
Other question is there a plate under the aod shifter to remove for the 5 speed or do I gotta cut a hole?
Cut a hole. coolcats.net has a template to download in the tech section if you want an exact fit.
I used a cheap hole saw and tin snips to cut mine.
If your car is a Sport, then you already have a floor shifter and the hole is there for you already.
read up: http://www.coolcats.net/modifying/t5_conversion.html
thank you all for the help. I managed to pick up a clutch pedal assembly aluminum quadrant and adjustable clutch cable from the guy I bought my motor and trans from.
hardest part id gonna be finding the center console piece not to many parts cars local and I don't have ways of shipping.
again thank you all for the help the cool cats piece really helped out
I used auto a floor shifter surround on mine.
Hmmm 88 cougar xr7 with a 5speed sounds fun as hell, sounds easy and cheap to do, seems how stangs end up in junk yards here lol, finding cougar parts is like searching for a virgin in a brothell...lol
stupid question. I over looked a small item and I wondering if it matters a lot. in the cool cats thing it said to use 87-93 clutch petals. I believe mine are out of a 85 dose that matter at all??