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11/22/2013 2:58 PM  #1


? mustang steve

steve i was thinking about using a t5 bellhousing on a toploader and use your cable kits on a 67 mustang can this be made to work?
Has anyone actually done this mod as im not a fan of clutch linkages.many thanks

 

11/22/2013 11:08 PM  #2


Re: ? mustang steve

No that won't fly.  The T5 has a longer input shaft and the bellhousing is deeper to make up for it.  The toploader input shaft would lack 3/4" of making it to the pilot bearing in the crank, plus the toploader front bolt pattern is wider than a T5 bellhousing will allow.

Now, with enough determination, I supposed you could manufacture a custom pilot bushing and could modify....wait.... Just modify the toploader bellhousing like I did the scattershield mods on my website.  Use a diaphragm pressure plate and a 5.0 release arm and bearing.  Easy...  Here is one a customer did using the web page as a guide.  Allows use of cable clutch linkage with toploader.

Remove original pivot fulcrum
Weld in a boss for the ballstud to screw into
Weld a tab to the side for cable housing stop
Use 5.0 Fox release arm and bearing
Use diaphragm type pressure plate. I have been advised there is a short and a tall version, though I have never seen the tall one.  Use the shorter one, like a Fox Mustang.

http://www.mustangsteve.com/scattershield.html


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11/23/2013 3:14 AM  #3


Re: ? mustang steve

many thanks steve thats what i thought,i do have a scattershiled might be easier to do on that

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