I'm thinking about putting an ecotec in my chevette. I found a bellhousing to bolt one to a t5. the question is, should this bellhousing bolt to any T5? if so that would make this a breeze if I can find a chevette T5. Is there another way to adapt the ecotec to another transmission?
heres the bellhousing I'm interested in http://quad4rods.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&...
I have considered the solstice transmission and it seems a little too long.
It will bolt to any T5 that is from a GM, so yes the Chevette T5 would work.
Now to find an uber rare chevette T5
There was one on craigslist near me a while ago for $75...not sure if it is still available.
FYI, Camaro's and Firebird's have T-5's behind the V8's from 81ish-92 and V6's from 81ish to 02.
Ford T-5's are different from V8 to V6 to 4-Cyl and also on trucks.
AMC and Jeep actually had the first T-5, found behind the bulletproof 232/258 I-6.
All those put the shifter farther back
Actually, that's the GM pattern T-5 on the bell housing and the Chevette for some reason has the Ford pattern on it. The Chevette also has a longer input shaft than the S10, so it would also need a spacer.
For that bell housing to work for you you need a S10 T5.
Now, for the same $ you could pick up a Canyon or Colorado 5-speed then give me something for the Solstice bell-housing I've been trying to sell to hook it up. Or for a little more than that bell-housing price you could get a used Solstice trans on e-vil-bay. Both options are going to be better shifter location wise in your Chevette than the S10 trans.
P71 wrote:FYI, Camaro's and Firebird's have T-5's behind the V8's from 81ish-92 and V6's from 81ish to 02.
Ford T-5's are different from V8 to V6 to 4-Cyl and also on trucks.
AMC and Jeep actually had the first T-5, found behind the bulletproof 232/258 I-6.
'83, I believe was the first use of the T5 in the F-body. '82s were the first year of the third generation, but they used a T10 4 speed transmission.
The S10's had a T5 with the shifter mounted much farther forward (than other applications I know of), I THINK.
Here's a full listing of T5 applications and their tag #'s up until Borg Warner was sold to Tremec.
http://www.kamikazeracing.org/dl/ZTech/BorgWarnerT5-applications.txt
