vh 308 trimatic to t5 conversion

[benny999]

hi guys been looking at converting the old girl to a manual for a while thinking of using the t5 out a vn onwards what are your thought i had a look at the rod shops kits and they have a plate that goes in between not sure on that idea wouldn't that make it weaker?? i was told there's not much difference in the bell housing bolts and you could drill the bell housing to suit is this true. what do you guys recommend i do can you get a custom bell housing made to suit.

also im looking for the rubbers and washers and stuff that on the cable just after the pedal box weres a good place to find them had a good look on ebay couldn't find any.

thanks,
Ben

also heres a link to the kit im talking about from the rod shop
Gearbox conversion kit

[75hjprem]

hey mate to be honest your better off getting a falcon 6 t5 gearbox as that will make your shifter come up in the right spot. as the holden ones are too long and make the shifter come out too far back
crs also sell bell housings to suit i think roughly a whole kit including cross members and clutch is something around the 1200 dollar mark.

[sl/x,vh,350holley]

nu mate dont do that no ford part belong on a holden iv got the t5 in mine and it gos hard get the plat and then drill it out or find an sl/x thay come out whith the 5 speed thats wot iv got

[1stTimeV8]

What is wrong with using an Aussie 4 speed... the m21 will bolt straight on to the trimatic pattern so much less hassle from start to finish. I have one on my 308 and it is a great gearbox although i would love a full manual trimatic!!

the grass is always greener

[75hjprem]

ford dont make the gearboxes tremec do. so its not a "ford part"

[bjwynd]

have a good look at parts on a holden a lot of light covers door handels ect have ford writen on the back i dont like fords and it makes me cringe every time i see it

[75hjprem]

haha me neither mate but ford dont make their own gearboxes, so there's nothing wrong with using one out of an e series falcon

[Darren_L]

only problem with the Ford T5 is the ratios are different to the V8 box, if the lower ratios don't bother you, then no probs - as mentioned the stick does line up better in the early model Commodores
you can buy an entire adaptor bell housing that goes from Aussie pattern to T5
Dellow Automotive sells them (well at least they used to) Expect to pay around $400 though

[75hjprem]

couldn't find them on dellow when i had a quick look castemaine rodshop do make them though

[benny999]

hey mate to be honest your better off getting a falcon 6 t5 gearbox as that will make your shifter come up in the right spot. as the holden ones are too long and make the shifter come out too far back
crs also sell bell housings to suit i think roughly a whole kit including cross members and clutch is something around the 1200 dollar mark.

do you know which ford 6 t5 id be looking for?? ea to el (ebay link Ford Falcon EA EB EF EL 6CL T5 Gearbox Reconditioned (eBay item 230556705847 end time 29-Dec-10 09:07:04 AEDST) : Cars, Bikes, Boats ) and im guess this conversion kit BH-086B

thanks

[75hjprem]

yeah mate pretty sure that's the one
just be careful with buying stuff over ebay like this
happy shopping!

[benny999]

thanks mate yeah using it as an example gonna talk to a few mates who like there ford see were they'd get a good one from looks like the conversion will bolt to both trimatic and turbo (thinking of putting a vn motor in later down the track old blue is getting tired but i wanna manual it before the motor so i know it all works so im not stuck with a car ready to go then the gearbox lets me down)

[75hjprem]

yeh that sounds like a good plan mate
im tossing up puting a g53 toyota gearbox in my vk atm, just because i have one out back
they're similar to the hilux box but the first gear ratio is 3.7 lol so not too sure how it'd go :P
well see maybe

[benny999]

cool i gotta a little datsun im supposed to be restoring atm as well haha

[benny999]

oh with the lower gear ratios its just going to be like running lower diff gears yeah cause im running 3.08 atm looking to go 3.45 or 3.7 so it will prob only make it better that way