5 speeds

[geoff]

bertil, ca and sr gearboxes have diffrent bolt patterns on the bellhousing
the bellhousings are not removable as they make up the front half of the
trans mission ,the internals of both are basicly the same.they have dog engagment
with a cone syncro ring(balk ring as nissan calls it) can take photo if you require
.just let us know:)

[Dr Danger]

Did we get T5 Borg-Warners in our XF Falcons?

Parts exchange is sounding better and better... Wonder what's its worth to ship a well loaded pallet over?

Sounds like the lack of oil coolers combined with some big boost and non-programmable ECU's is the recipe for disaster with the Nissans over there Bertil. It just sounded very strange that everyone was killing motors there, where here, everyone you talk too has at least 300 reliable HP out of a CA or SR.

[jewels]

yea t5 are in falcons

heaps of them here

[Dr Danger]

Interesting... Very interesting.

[Bertil]

There are mainly two versions of the T5, in the Cosworths there is a version called the "world class", it has needle bearings on the gears and cone main bearings, no parts are interchangeable between the WC and the non world class T5 box. Ford started to use the WC box in 1985 and GM around 1988. If your Falcons are later than 1985 there SHOULD be WC boxes. They are easily identifyable from the outside by looking at the bearing cup, the bellhousing must be removed. More info here: http://www.5speeds.com/t5/index.html

Also there are many different housings meaning the gearstick is located in diffrent places and inpu and output shaft can also have diffrent splines.

Can you post a pic of a Falcon box please?

[jewels]

i started a new thread as we have moved a little into gearbox discussion now

here are some pics of the CA 5 speed

[Bertil]

Looks like the input shaft goes a bit forward out of the bellhousing, making it possible to fit an adaptor plate and make the shaft flush with the plate just like the Ford boxes flush to the bellhousing.
Dont like position for the starter though...

[jewels]

was at a swap meet today bertil,
there were a number of T-5 gearbox there $450

took a pic of one for ya :0

[68_cortina]

Hey there, stupid question but will a t5 bolt up to a 2L zetec from a ford mondeo?

[jewels]

um that im not to sure of ...

but i dont think it will
unless an adapter is used

[68_cortina]

What is the best gearbox to use with the zetec?
Is a brake upgrade required?
The engine wont be supercharged or turbo.

[jewels]

68 cortina, i think there are adapters for all types of gearbox's the problem is this engine was used in a 'east-west' configurarion

so matter what gearbox you choose an aftermarket bell housing or adapter plate will be required

there is a thread HERE (http://www.cortina-mk1classifieds.com/forum/showthread.php?t=253) on how a member has done this conversion

have abit of a read 68 cortina there is a lot involved and many things to take into consideration :)

[demo2]

I have a cosworth T5 from the uk in me shed, it was from my mates car that had a 490bhp 350 chev bolted to it, from what i remembered it whined and needed looking at, dunno what 2 do with it.

[jewels]

t5s here is Oz are not expensive items around $400 at any swap meet

there is a lot of them around here in Oz

[Bertil]

Hey there, stupid question but will a t5 bolt up to a 2L zetec from a ford mondeo?

Yes it doe´s if you use a Sierra Cosworth bellhousing or modify a Type 9 bellhouing to take the T5.

[Bertil]

To make it easy there are 2 kinds of the T5, it is the ordinary T5 and the T5 WC. WC stands for world class and that is the type I am after. All you need to know to identify a box is found here:
http://www.5speeds.com/t5/index.html

[jewels]

i checked that site bertil
but i couldnt find any images of the differences externally ?

[Dr Danger]

Didn't Bertil suggest in some other thread that the differences were internal Jewels? Larger gears or bearing or shaft thickness or something like that? Can't remember 100%

[jewels]

yes he did but thats something we cant just do at a swap meet or wrecking yard

we need to know a certain aussie model car is fitted with this WC type

which i reckon prett much all the big and v8 ones would be