darthcual said:Not to start an arguement but i had a v8 and 4 cyl tranny side by side and the shaft is longer i know this from personal experience not just what someone told me.
stangman8825 said:... an mazda pilot bearing(go figure)...I'll get the PN tonight...
vristang said:That shouldn't be too suprising since if you look high enough up the chain Ford and Mazda are pretty much the same company. QUOTE]
Yeah that was why I said go figure...I'm still looking for the package the my pilot bearing came in...garage is a little cluttered. But I've done my fair share of abusing for about a year now including some hard launches and the only thing that's happened is my 4th syn. is starting to go out... other than that it's held up good
Yes these are mustang trannies here's the link...vristang said:As for the different length shafts, what are these longer input shaft trannies out of? Are they from a Mustang? I'll have to compare my 302 and 2.3 trannies before putting my motor back together.
A friend of mine had a 4cyl. tranny behind his 302. After about a year of him beating the crap out of it I bought it for use as a school project. When I pulled it apart I was amazed at how well it had held up to the 302 abuse.
all gears are shorter untill 4th.stangman8825 said:also the four cyl. trannies have a shorter first gear don't they?
This is what I though with my original T5. Turns out that my "failing synchro" was actually the bearing betwen the input and output shaft failing. The increased "slop" between them made 4th grind a little untill the bearing eventually falied resulting in the input shaft moving away from the cluster gear shaft destroying the gears on both . Be weary of forth gear grinds.stangman8825 said:... But I've done my fair share of abusing for about a year now including some hard launches and the only thing that's happened is my 4th syn. is starting to go out... other than that it's held up good