Not exactly a dime rocket but close.

[fred goodwin]

T5 for now mark,but I had my eye on some of that 2.3 C4 stuff on your page ! maybe next year.

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by fred goodwin

T5 for now mark,but I had my eye on some of that 2.3 C4 stuff on your page ! maybe next year.

The T 5 will work if you're not running that combo hard.
I started with a T 5 out of T/C (3.95 low), in the Mustang.
First problem was the syncros wouldn't let me power shift it over 6 grand.
So I bought a Harbor Freight Dremel copy and slick shifted 2,3,4. Then took 5th gear completely out of it.
I had to make a shifter blocking plate so I couldn't go from 2nd to 5th. The 3rd gear slot was a little narrow and hard to find while pushing away from you.
After that, I never had a shifting problem for the two years that I ran the stick shift.

[fred goodwin]

Mark the plan is to run the T5 til it breaks,thats when I buy an automatic setup,for now I just want to get it flowing a little better with the header and downpipe,it had a stock exhaust manifold and stock 2.5 downpipe,it also had some ignition issues when I got it where you could not turn up the boost over 12 psi, after a good tune up it cleared that up but it still lays down over 3500 rpm that's why I pulled the head and checked the springs and valve job, (springs were shot) 80lbs on the seat.

[fred goodwin]

A little update on the tbird,I ran it a couple of weeks ago it went a best of 13.73 @95.55 still not right but its getting there.

https://www.facebook.com/fred.goodwi...type=2&theater

[Billy Nees]

Fred, good to see you getting the T-bird out!

[Frank Castros]

Congratulations on your progress!
Keep thrashing on it and you'll be rewarded.
Have fun and good luck too.

[fred goodwin]

Thanks guys,I made some changes and ran it last Sunday ,it picked up another 2 mph (97.50) best so far! And it also went the best 60' 1.70 so it keeps going in the right direction just a slow process.