Originally Posted by twotone
Lugnuts is definitely the T5 guy. I read a lot of his posts before I considered the swap. I can only share the knowledge I gathered from doing this to my truck.
Remove your transmission crossmember, you wont need it with the T5.

This is the part I am hung up on. So basically, struggling for better words here, your transmission is the tail on the dog?
Please explain.

Last edited by sstock; 04/16/2018 2:34 PM.
1953 Chevrolet 3100
261 cu inch, sm420, 3.55 rear, torque tube still,omaha orange, still 6 volt, RPO green glass, side carrier spare, all done
In the DITY Gallery
Video of the 261 running

1964 GMC 1000
305 Big Block V6, sm420, the next cab off restoration