{"id":37087,"date":"2019-08-07T19:12:21","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T19:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moderndriveline.com\/resources\/?p=37087"},"modified":"2019-08-07T19:12:21","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T19:12:21","slug":"the-many-ways-to-a-5-speed-conversion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moderndriveline.com\/resources\/the-many-ways-to-a-5-speed-conversion\/","title":{"rendered":"TECH GUIDE: The many ways to a 5 speed conversion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\">Installing a five-speed transmission into a classic muscle car could not be any easier these days.Not only is it easy but there are numerous choices to be had.<\/p>\n<h3><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40406 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moderndriveline.com\/mm5\/graphics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BLUE-66-SHELBY-1-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" \/><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Transmission Choices<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Many of the five-speed transmissions found in late model Fords (late model being those produced in the past 35 years) can be used in a swap with little modification. There are several good five-speed transmissions to choose from.The Borg-Warner\/TREMEC T5, TREMEC 3550, and TKO, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moderndriveline.com\/resources\/tremec-tko-transmissions\/\">TKO 500\/600<\/a>. T-45 transmissions found in 1996-99 4.6L Mustangs are limited to just that 4.6L as the bolt pattern is completely different than that of Windsor blocks.\u00a0 4.6L motors are not limited to the T-45 as there is a bell to install a TREMEC behind a 4.6L mod motor.All of the transmissions offer a 5th gear over-drive to reduce engine rpm and for improved mileage while weighing less than their automatic or four-speed counterparts.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Conversion Choice<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>There are three ways to approach a five-speed swap:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use an early 3 or 4-speed bell housing with an adapter plate allows an easy T5 swap,<\/li>\n<li>Use a late T5 or TREMEC TKO bell housing, which allows each transmission to be bolted directly to the bellhousing without the use of adapters or spacers,<\/li>\n<li>Use an aftermarket scatter shield, which adds additional safety and sometimes the only bellhousing available for an application.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Which conversion choice you choose depends on what parts you are starting with and how you set up the clutch linkage.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\">More info&#8230;<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moderndriveline.com\/resources\/category\/how-tos\/\">Swap from automatic to T5 with a small block<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moderndriveline.com\/resources\/category\/how-tos\/\">Conversion of manual transmission-equipped cars<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moderndriveline.com\/resources\/category\/how-tos\/\">Swap from automatic to TREMEC TKO with small block<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moderndriveline.com\/resources\/category\/how-tos\/\">Conversion from automatic to TREMEC TKO with a big block<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moderndriveline.com\/resources\/category\/how-tos\/\">Classic Mustang Transmission T5 Swap<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Installing a five-speed transmission into a classic muscle car could not be any easier these days.Not only is it easy but there are numerous choices to be had. Transmission Choices Many of the five-speed transmissions found in late model Fords (late model being those produced in the past 35 years) can be used in a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":51144,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ford-featured-cars","category-tech-info"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moderndriveline.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moderndriveline.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moderndriveline.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moderndriveline.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moderndriveline.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.moderndriveline.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moderndriveline.com\/resources\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moderndriveline.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moderndriveline.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moderndriveline.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}