Alright... in the spring I'm putting in a 2.3t from a thunderbird.
My truck currently has 269k miles (or is it 169k? I don’t really know... the carfax was inconclusive, the same person owned it for too long). Not sure I trust the original tranny, although it does shift quite well and doesn’t make any weird noises.
Would you:
Keep the stock trans
Find another used stock trans (how new can I go that will still fit?)
Retrofit the t5 from the tbird (I do have this trans available)
This will be a daily driver and I'll be using it to tow my escort. Putting in a 4.10 8.8" LSD rear end as well, just have to track one down.
My truck currently has 269k miles (or is it 169k? I don’t really know... the carfax was inconclusive, the same person owned it for too long). Not sure I trust the original tranny, although it does shift quite well and doesn’t make any weird noises.
Would you:
Keep the stock trans
Find another used stock trans (how new can I go that will still fit?)
Retrofit the t5 from the tbird (I do have this trans available)
This will be a daily driver and I'll be using it to tow my escort. Putting in a 4.10 8.8" LSD rear end as well, just have to track one down.
