I'm just putting a feeler out there on this one. I blew the transmission on my 88' LS the other day and I'm in the process of looking for parts for a V8 swap being that I'll have to pull the motor and trans anyway ;). I also happen to know a guy selling an 87' XR7 in pretty good shape, so my other option is to sell my Cougar as a roller to buy his car. My car is in fantastic shape (other than the trans) and would make a great roller for anyone looking to do an engine swap. It's also got aftermarket CHE lower control arms, a new aluminum 3 row radiator, fairly new BF Goodrich radial T/A tires, and is clean clean clean. Just figured I'd see if anyone was interested before I started tearing into it. If you want pics I can email you as I can't seem to be able to insert them into this post due to size restrictions.
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If yours is a V6, just do a T5 transmission swap out of a 94-newer Mustang and keep on driving it until you have everything ready for the V8 swap.
You can get everything for the 5 speed swap out of a pick n pull junk yard. I've pulled everything including the pedals on a half price sale weekend and gotten out of there for about $200. The best part was the clutch and throwout bearing must have been recently replaced before the car was wrecked because the clutch looked almost new and the flywheel looked recently resurfaced. Couldnt believe my good luck on that one.
i ended up finding a rebuilt trans in a junkyard for 250 and installed a sk-aod shift kit in it so cheap aods are out there if you want to go that way
X2 on the t-5 swap. Then you could transfer the trans over to the v-8 when you are ready.
Swapping a motor in is no big deal compared to finding another good body. The newest 88 cougar is gonna be 30 years old soon. Not too many things that sit outside look good after 30 years.
Indeed. I'm definitely looking into a T5 swap now! I'm in no rush so I picked up an old 302 motor and am going to take my time rebuilding it and swap it in with the transmission at the same time.
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The sn-95 trans is basically a bolt in swap, only thing different is the clutch and flywheel between the six and eight.
What would you say a reasonable price would be for an SN95 V6 T5 trans in functional condition. Also, if it needs rebuild, what do you think that would cost in parts?
I bought one for $150 on craigslist. Seller said it had around 140k. Had no problems and shifted great. A junkyard pull usually goes for $75 plus core of around $40 in my area. Usually you can just spin the input shaft with it in gear. If there is no weird noises of a notchy feel to the rotation, the rest is usually pretty good. Don't worry too much about input shaft play, the main shaft needs the yoke inserted to limit movement, without it it should feel a bit loose.
Rebuild kits can be had fairly cheap, tons of youtube videos on how to rebuild them and what to look for.