One more thing, If you have a low hump cab you will have to cut it out. Great tranny as long as you don't drag race it. I still have that trans and plan to put it in my next progect. All wrecking yard parts and did it on the cheap. Same driveshaft yoke as turbo 350, powerglide 700r4. Slid my crossmember back drilled new holes in frame for mounting and shortened my driveshaft. Shifter I used the base plate from the camaro, guts from a ford mustang (gave me a shorter throw and has the 2 hole mounting same as a Hurst) and a Hurst 17" shifter stick which I bent slightly to make up for the trans mounting angle. I used the camaro slave, clutch fork and TB and mounted a wilwood 3/4 master cylinder to my firewall and used my stock truck clutch pedal. I went the easy route and used the F car bellhousing and my stock crossmember and trans mount. I have heard you can use a tail housing from a S10 which not only corrects the transmission mount but moves the shifter forward in a more truck like position. There are a few ways to install it in a pickup. This was done in the camaro so it would fit in the trans tunnel and for ground clearance. As you know the F body T5 is canted/angled 17 degress in the Camaro but the transmission mount stays horizontal. I put over 50k miles on the trans and it already had 90k. The overdrive T5 was welcome with my 3.70 rear. I installed a WC T5 from a 1990 Camaro into my 73 C10 SWB in 2002 after my muncie broke 1st gear.
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