T5 trany in 55 wagon

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Originally Posted by LD-Ordie

Definitely looks interesting ! And your right about those tail shafts! I did check and my first gear is 3.35. Parts are coming in, in the next few days, so I'm excited to see how the pieces all fall together. Flywheel is in the freezer and ring gear will be going in the oven. Hoping it just falls on

Hey LD .....Man, sounds like you've got things under control ....a good thing! So, you have a WC Mustang V8 T5 with a (expected) 3.35 1st gear. That is the best street gear set that you could ask for from a WC Mustang T5. Everything I have indicates that it MOST LIKELY has a ".68" OD ratio. Below is the link to a very handy T5 Identification chart which lists the numbers normally found on that bolt-on "factory" tag (which you're missing), along with the corresponding gear ratio breakdown.

http://www.britishv8.org/Articles/Bo...T5-ID-Tags.htm

That transmission SHOULD require a 28-spline driveshaft yoke, and I THINK your driveshaft is gonna be roughly 3" too short. I'm curious how close that figure will turn-out to be. Please keep your progress updated. This has been fun, Bud! DD