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| | | | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 Riding in the Passing Lane | | Riding in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 | I couldn,t get the high speed rear end gears so I put in a T-5 o,drive. Fantastic. It is really fun to drive. Glad I wen,t this way. 
They say money can't buy happiness. It can buy old Chevy trucks though. Same thing. 1972 Chevy c10 Cheyenne SuperIn the Gallery Forum | | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 975 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 975 | Thanks for the info W B R, Maybe I should drop the T-5 and full pressure 235 I have on the garage floor into my truck..
Or...buy another project and have 2? | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | glad to hear it,,,,,,,,my engine tells me often that the move was a good one, it was so tired of those high rpm's
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 355 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 355 | | | | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 688 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 688 | Ok I gotta get me a T-5  "My 235 whines too much" Cliff59 | | | | | Joined: May 2004 Posts: 920 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2004 Posts: 920 | There is an article in the latest Classic Truck magazine about the T-5 swap on a 235. A must read. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 156 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 156 | All this T-5 talk has me wanting one. That or an auto, but then I would want power steering, then A/C, then??? :rolleyes:
"All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of
us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time"
Lt Gen. Lewis B."Chesty" Puller, USMC
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 Riding in the Passing Lane | | Riding in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 | Your right AC. I,ve already got power steering on my mind.
They say money can't buy happiness. It can buy old Chevy trucks though. Same thing. 1972 Chevy c10 Cheyenne SuperIn the Gallery Forum | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | why powering steering.............
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 507 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 507 | I wonder what this swap would do if you already have the 3:55 highway gears from Patricks installed????
"If it ain't Steel it ain't Real" "Earth the insane aslyum for the rest of the Universe" 41 1/2-ton, a work in progress 68 Shortbed stepside 327/325hp/700R4
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 688 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 688 | Originally posted by acwhite:
All this T-5 talk has me wanting one. That or an auto, but then I would want power steering, then A/C, then??? :rolleyes: Hey AC... Whats gonna stop ya from getting an A/C and power steering and Power brakes? Thems are good ideas! I already have an A/C and she makes the hot Texas Days much much better. In a few years, I am going to get power steering and brakes and yes.... a T-5 Cliff59 | | | | | Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 156 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 156 | CLIFF59 M O N E Y
"All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of
us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time"
Lt Gen. Lewis B."Chesty" Puller, USMC
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 Riding in the Passing Lane | | Riding in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 | 41 Chev it would depend on what engine you are running. A 235 would pull it good. With a 216 it would probably be a waist.
They say money can't buy happiness. It can buy old Chevy trucks though. Same thing. 1972 Chevy c10 Cheyenne SuperIn the Gallery Forum | | |
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