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#62414 07/01/2006 5:40 AM | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 166 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: May 2006 Posts: 166 | My truck has a 235 with stock 3 speed. If I were to try to install a Tremec 5-speed would it bolt up? Is the bolt pattern on a 235 similar to a small block? | | |
#62415 07/01/2006 4:20 PM | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 637 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 637 | Not even close. You will have to buy an adapter from Buffalo. | | |
#62416 07/01/2006 6:26 PM | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,337 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,337 | I think the Tremec 5-speed uses the same bolt pattern Chev trucks started using in 1948, and cars started using in 1955.
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#62417 07/01/2006 9:11 PM | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 Riding in the Passing Lane | | Riding in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 | If the trans. has a separate bell housing & is for Chev. it should bolt up.
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#62418 07/01/2006 11:08 PM | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | The later 5 speeds like the Tremac are designed to use a different bellhousing, it won't bolt up to your existing part. you'll need an adapter.
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#62419 07/02/2006 1:52 AM | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,337 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,337 | I just looked on the Tremac site and there is no mention of any adaptor if you are using it with the bellhousing I listed above.
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#62420 07/03/2006 1:33 AM | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | Hmmm. Now that I've looked at the site you mentioned, I see I am mistaken. I thought they had the same pattern as the Mustang, I did not realize there was a different version for Chevy.
Bill Burmeister
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