T-Bird 5spd Shifter location


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By suede57ford - 14 Years Ago
Can someone who has put a T5 or Tremec in their 55-57 T-Bird using an adapter give me an idea of where the shifter comes out in relation to the original?  I am mostly concerned with the distance from the firewall or seat in comparison to the original.  I realize that the original is offset to the driver side, and the T-5 and tremec are near the center the trans.

I picked up another Tremec TKO last week, like my '57 sedan has, but for my '57 Bird.  I am looking to put a F-code style supercharged Y-Block in it to use in the Y-Block shootouts and street driving.

Thanks for the help.

Pat

By John Mummert - 14 Years Ago
Pat check this out

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This link shows the shifter location
By speedpro56 - 14 Years Ago
Pat, on my T56 which may be similer to the TKO the shifter came up pretty much centering the tunnel and actually a better location than the original in my 56 Tbird.BigGrin
By Canadian Hot Rodder - 14 Years Ago
John,

Are you able to answer this for a passenger car? I am thinking of using your adaptor this winter and changing from my FMX to  a T-5 out of a Mustang. Will the shifter interfere with my bench seat? This is a determining factor wheather I do this or not. Also I have many questions as to what parts I need to convert my car to a manual trans. Any advice, list of parts, etc. would be greatly appreciated!!