Re: [AMC-List] D&D transmissions? T-5 questions

[Mark Price <markprice242@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks!
  The clutch disc info really helps as my current clutch setup only has a few thousand miles on it. I can probably get by with just replacing the disc! 
Stock disc should be fine for my 4.0L
  I will prbably go with a GM steel retainer, but I'm not sure. I need to compare it to the AMC. I have a bad GM unit an da good T-4 unit to do a side by side comparison of them. I should have made the guy an  offe ron his steel retainer as he has it too, but I didn't think to do that.
 I'm still trying to figure out if I can swap the NWC AMC tailhousing onto the Ford WC trans. Good news is D&D performce rates the trans at 330 ft-lbs so I should be good to go with a troker if I ever get the time to do one.
  I have a 3:31 rear axle with twingrip and 255/60/15 tires and second gear in the AMC is like 2:40 or 2:50-1 and I can pullout with no problem in second now even on the hills around here. So I should be good to go with the 2:95 trans.
  I'm thinking if I have to stay with the Ford shifter setup. I may just send the trans to D&D and have them replace the cluster with a new one of theirs so it remains a comlpete D&D trans.
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Mark Price
markprice242ATadelphia.net
Morgantown, WV


---- Armand Eshleman <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
>  Mark, Not sure exactly what combo of parts you will end up with but I can
> tell you I ended up using a Mustang 10-1/2"  1-1/16" diameter 10 spline
> clutch disc with an AMC 11" Borg and Beck style pressure plate for my T5
> setup. My T5 has the 1-1/16" 10 spline input shaft. So far works great. Some
> day I plan on getting a stronger clutch disc and pressure plate but I will
> have to buy them individually, as I haven't located a kit for this
> application yet.
> I know a guy who tried to use the AMC 1-1/8" dia. 10 spline stuff on the
> mustang 1-1/16" shaft and didn't like it. It chattered alot.
> I suggest using a GM steel input shaft/throwout cover. Or you can machine a
> steel Ford input cover to fit the AMC bell housing which is what I did. I
> had the length and diameter matched to the input cover of a SR-4 four speed.
> I strongly suggest dumping the trash ford shifter for a B&M or equivalent
> shifter. You will like it much better. I used a B&M Pro shifter and it is
> very positive about gear shifting. The shifter base plate sits right up
> there through the tunnel floor and looks awesome too. I bought a T5 rebuild
> video from Hanlon Motorsports http://www.hanlonmotorsports.com/  and a
> rebuild kit. I talked with Bob Hanlon a couple times too when I encountered
> trouble. Bob is a great guy and very willing to help out. The T5 completely
> transformed by Javelin!!! That old Borg Warner 3 sped automatic sucked so
> much power that the car was a dog. Now with the T5 and 2:87 axle the car
> really responds and will burn rubber forever. My T5 has the 3:35 first gear.
> It launches pretty well, except it really burns rubber if I give it too much
> throttle. New rubber will cure some of that for me. You may want 3:54 rear
> gears for the 2.95 version or ?. The guy I know who has 3:54 rear gears with
> 3:35 first gear doesn't like that combo at all, too low first gear. The .63
> overdrive 5th gear gets me a low cruising rpm.
> 
> Armand
>
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