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adam2kgt
04-11-2010, 01:02 PM
Well, it has begun. Yesterday, we tore into my car in my buddy's dad's garage to swap to a 5 speed. We got the old trans out, swapped pedals, swapped flywheels, and have the trans bolted up. Gonna finish it today. Got a screaming deal on parts (thanks again Stan!!!!!!!!!) It's a T45, rebuilt about 18,000 miles ago, Ford Racing aluminum flywheel, King Cobra clutch, BBK quadrant and firewall adjuster. Took me forever to run down a stock cable! (I know, should have had that ahead of time) I will be running the stock ECU for now, until I can get a 5spd computer. I can't wait to drive it! Gotta go finish it now!
Bigjht
04-11-2010, 08:15 PM
Will there be issues running with an ECU programmed for an automatic? I've never really researched it so I'm curious.
adam2kgt
04-11-2010, 09:05 PM
Well, other than my O/D Off light blinking, and my speedo reading double what I'm actually running, there doesn't seem to be any issues. Car will break traction shifting into 3rd, it's awesome!
abdullaGT
04-11-2010, 09:12 PM
Awesome man! I bet you'll enjoy driving it alot more now!
adam2kgt
04-12-2010, 09:39 PM
I have come to realize that I have to :
A: Relearn how to launch a 5 speed car, it's been so long!
B: Get used to getting left behind at the light, since I will be sitting still.
C: Get drag radials for daily driving.
D: Get over it, and just bolt the ET Streets on at the strip to prove my car's got some guts.
abdullaGT
04-12-2010, 11:42 PM
I miss driving stick already, its only been a month and I can't wait to get another stang! What do you have done to yours?
adam2kgt
04-13-2010, 04:10 PM
I have longtubes, off road X, Magnaflow catback, CAI, BBK throttle body, ported plenum, underdrive pulleys, aluminum flywheel, King Cobra clutch, and lowering springs. Not nearly enough!
abdullaGT
04-13-2010, 09:23 PM
That's an impressive list! I had all that except for the underdrive pullies! Gears will help you out quite a bit as well! I had 4.10's and it was **** quick down low.
1low03gt
04-13-2010, 10:17 PM
That's awesome!!Congrats on the swap.
adam2kgt
04-13-2010, 10:56 PM
I plan to get 3.73's as soon as I can, along with a new diff, hopefully upper and lowers, cams, tune, the list goes on!
sweet2kstang
04-15-2010, 04:44 PM
you can get a tune file from a manual and fix the light and speedo issues. i did a manual swap in a friends mach, got a stock manual mach tune sent to me, and now everything is good.