I picked up a Borg Warner T5 from an S10 over Christmas that will likely be used in an upcoming engine swap. I’m pretty limited to using an earlier style Chevy bell housing on the project. The input shaft on the S10 T5 is longer than the Saginaw/Muncie input shaft.



From what I’ve researched there are 2 way to go mating them up. The first is to use an adapter plate that spaces the transmission back. The second involves shortening the end of the input shaft and extending the splines. Either case requires shortening the bearing retainer.

Personally I’m leaning towards modifying the input shaft. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with modifying the input shaft or using the adapter plate.


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