Sn-95 T-5 swap behind 3.8 Cougar/Bird How To.

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Sn-95 T-5 swap behind 3.8 Cougar/Bird How To.

Reply #60 – May 07, 2014, 05:08:51 PM

8 years later and I still haven't put a manual behind my 3.8!

Sn-95 T-5 swap behind 3.8 Cougar/Bird How To.

Reply #61 – May 07, 2014, 07:07:59 PM

Quote from: JeremyB;433419

8 years later and I still haven't put a manual behind my 3.8!

Well your title does say procrastinator!

Sn-95 T-5 swap behind 3.8 Cougar/Bird How To.

Reply #62 – May 07, 2014, 11:17:35 PM

I've probably bought 6 cougar/birds since this thread started... but i have done a t-5 swap.

Sn-95 T-5 swap behind 3.8 Cougar/Bird How To.

Reply #63 – May 08, 2014, 01:59:10 AM

I love my T-5 swap... At least I think I still do. We'll have to see once it's back on the road under EFI power! :)

Sn-95 T-5 swap behind 3.8 Cougar/Bird How To.

Reply #64 – May 08, 2014, 01:28:59 PM

are you still running the carb setup on your 03 motor?

Sn-95 T-5 swap behind 3.8 Cougar/Bird How To.

Reply #65 – May 08, 2014, 01:29:34 PM

wow didn't you start that like two years ago?

Sn-95 T-5 swap behind 3.8 Cougar/Bird How To.

Reply #66 – May 08, 2014, 03:08:14 PM

Quote from: sarjxxx;433421

Well your title does say procrastinator!

Yes, the Split Port that has been in my garage since 2009 isn't happy with me!

Sn-95 T-5 swap behind 3.8 Cougar/Bird How To.

Reply #67 – May 08, 2014, 03:10:30 PM

wow! so since you are not going to use it, can I have it lol

Sn-95 T-5 swap behind 3.8 Cougar/Bird How To.

Reply #68 – May 08, 2014, 03:23:29 PM

I'm gonna use it... eventually.

I just need to finish the CFI 3.8L upper end rebuild, throw in a T-56, blow up the CFI, then swap in the SP.

Sn-95 T-5 swap behind 3.8 Cougar/Bird How To.

Reply #69 – May 08, 2014, 04:36:49 PM

lol that sounds like quite a plan, good luck hahaha

Sn-95 T-5 swap behind 3.8 Cougar/Bird How To.

Reply #70 – May 08, 2014, 10:26:32 PM

Quote from: sarjxxx;433447

wow didn't you start that like two years ago?

Well...I might have picked up some parts for it about two years ago or so, but the distributor has some stupid thing wrong with it so that it won't pass DEQ and it would cost me almost as much to replace it as it is to just put the injection on it.

So I have finally torn the top off and right now I'm working through a sensor signal issue before it will run.

Sn-95 T-5 swap behind 3.8 Cougar/Bird How To.

Reply #71 – May 09, 2014, 10:23:43 AM

wow... glad I don't have emissions down here...., only good thing about having a vehicle in Florida, they certainly know how to get you every other way though

Re: Sn-95 T-5 swap behind 3.8 Cougar/Bird How To.

Reply #72 – May 21, 2019, 02:55:53 PM

Quote from: Jeremy Belcher – on May 07, 2014, 05:08:51 PM

8 years later and I still haven't put a manual behind my 3.8!

Five more years gone, and mine is done before yours!

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Re: Sn-95 T-5 swap behind 3.8 Cougar/Bird How To.

Reply #73 – May 21, 2019, 05:06:23 PM

If this was addressed and I missed it, I apologize. The one reference I never saw was to the C5 trans, which is what my '86 GS 3.8 has. It seems like everybody else who's done this swap had the AOD. What is the proper imbalance for my application? And how does the length of the C5 compare to an SN95 T5? I hope I'm not the only one who's starting with the C5. Thanks.

Re: Sn-95 T-5 swap behind 3.8 Cougar/Bird How To.

Reply #74 – May 21, 2019, 10:29:53 PM

C5/AOD is irrelevant.

Imbalance is with the engine flywheel, not the transmission torque converter.

C5 is shorter than the AOD. You'll need a shorter D/S.

You may have to cut the tack welds on your crossmember to move the mount back.