RE:T5 input question and Camaro gears

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My question refers to the actual shaft and not the bearing retainer where the throwout rides. On a Camaro NON world Class trans the input is 26 spline and 8 3/4" long. On a Ford it is 10 spline and 9 1/4" long. On an AMC it is 10 spline and 9 5/16" long. The only difference in the Ford to AMC is the gear count inside the case and the fact that Ford uses a 1 1/16" diameter shaft and AMC uses a 1 1/8" shaft. Plus that 1/16" in length.
   The non world class Camaro input is readily available for $50 + -. The Ford non world class is a snype hunt to find, disscontinued, and $125 if it actualy exists in the places I have found it listed. The replacement is to use the World class input from an early Motorsport trans. $125+$13 for the World class synchro ring needed to use it in the early trans. You can see that there is a good $80 savings in going with the Camaro input. But again will the 1/2" shorter input actualy work? Or will I end up pulling my hair out and buying the Ford input anyway.
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Mark Price
markprice242ATadelphia.net
Morgantown, WV

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Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 20:04:51 -0800 (PST) 
From: Jesse <j2sax@xxxxxxxxx> 
Subject: T5 input question and Camaro gears 
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Man!  Am I glad the list is back up!  
 
Most people change out the Mustang T5 gears because 
first is so deep whereas the Camaro's are spread more 
evenly on the bottom end.  (Many Stangs came with 3.0X 
or higher rear ratios; first is so low that if you run 
with 3.54's or .73's or lower first gear is useless 
unless your gunning 6K!)  
 
I could not understand what you were saying concerning 
the input of the Stang T5.  The inpput shaft should be 
the right length as it is.