the t-5 will bolt right up to it?i would need the tranny,clutch setup, and what else to make it possible? i love these trucks.!

 

does that go for the newer gen lightnings as well?(sorry to clutter up the thread)

 

A regular Mustang T5 set up will bolt right up to it, bellhousing, transmission, clutch, flyhwheel and all. (just need to make sure you have the right flywheel imbalance, 50 oz or 28 oz, can't remember which. The crossmember should be able to be modified to work without a whole lot of effort. The original driveshaft will work just fine. Really the only "difficult" part will be rounding up the clutch assembly which shouldnt be that much trouble. You'll have to get a little creative with the shifter as well but no big deal.

A note on the T5. It's a big truck, fairly heavy with a engine that makes pretty good power. The T5 won't take much abuse from it. I would recommend a Tremec is your going to do it right.

I did this swap, with a Tremec, in a '94 Econoline van about 12 years ago. It was pretty cool!

 

You could do it with the right bellhousing. Not sure if they make a conversion bellhousing for a T5 though, you'd probably have to go with a Tremec or a T56 out of a newer Cobra. You could do it with a T45 but it would definetly break.

 

Trade for a 98 cobra?

 

hmm..ill check into how much a tremec will be along with the rest of the setup..thanks very much! bump for an awesome looking truck!