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    Question on SFI bellhousing

    Need to get an SFI approve bellhousing but here's my dilemma. I currently have the stock t-5 and can't afford to shell out the dough for a TKO and all it's needed components. When it finally goes I would like to replace it with a Tremec. Will an SFI bellhousing for a t-5 bolt up to the tremec 3550 and will the rest of my t-5 components (clutch, driveshaft, etc.) work with a 3550 or will I have to replace when I eventually blow my t-5, BTW my current t-5 has nearly 150k & well over 300 1/4 passes, don't know how it's lived this long
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    All of your stock stuff works with the 3550 except the shifter. The welds on the crossmember need to be cut and it needs to be slid towards the rear of the car. The lakewood scattershield fits both the T-5 and the 3550. Just so you know, knothing from the TKO interchanges with the stock T-5.
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    cool, found a decent deal on a used Lakewood housing for a t-5. Thanks!!

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    You do know that the Lake wood bellhousing wont work when you upgrade your tranny to a 3550 or TKO. I am in the proces of doing a T-5 to TKO swap and i am doing some reasearch. I found this link. Maybe it will help you out more.
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    Cool article, thanks for the link!!

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    Yeah, that is Rudy's article. I know him personally and he does an excellent job writing articles and he is very knowledgeable about what it takes to get the job done correctly.

    You might also want to talk to McLeod to see if they are out with a SFI bellhousing now. The quality of their bellhousing is head and shoulders above the Lakewood. I know they changed the SFI certification rules and McLeod was updating their design to comply. With the McLeod, you probably won't have to align it. It is worth checking, but I would be willing to bet that no adjustment is needed.
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    I have a McLeod Bell and I am very impressed with it. It fit perfectly, even with my longtubes. And I know that it works with both a T-5 and a Tremec TKO.

    Mcleod recommends aligning it, but most of the people I talked to before I bought mine didn't. I bought mine from Don at D&D and he said I shouldn't have to at all. I didn't align mine and everything works perfectly. I would get the McLeod.
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