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Originally Posted by 142 Guy
.... the T9 is very rare in North America (when was the last time you so a Ford Merkur?). The XR4ti was rated at 170 hp so the T9 should be suitable for a B30.
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1986. I remember when and where. It was driven by a salesman (it figures).
I missed that thread completely. I should have been more clever when I ran my search. I specified B30 and M47, forgetting that the B20 would use the same bellhousing (I think?) and that there had been a lot more of them on the road. However, like that poster I can't use the Laycock overdrive, and the M40 doesn't have much of a ratio spread, only going down to 3.13:1. The M47 goes from 4.03:1 up to 0.82:1 in 5th. The T5 isn't much better either, starting at 2.93:1, although it does have overdrive 5th. The biggest problem with the T5 is that it's almost obscenely long, nearly 32". I can't accommodate that length (an NP435 out of a 3-ton truck is only half as long!) Plus a 240 donor car would offer me numerous other spares I could use on my Volvo; a T5 donor car will leave me an ugly pile of Ford junk that I'd probably have to send to the scrapyard.
More of life's lemons. Sigh.
Appreciate your help 142Guy, thanks.