04-04-2010, 10:32 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Golden Isles,
GA
Cobra Make, Engine: Butler Cobra. 350 Chevy Engine, blueprinted, heads cc'd, ported, polished, manifolds matched, big valves, 1.6 roller rockers, TB Injected, mild cam, MSD crank trigger electronic ignition. TKO-600 transmission. XKE Jaguar rear. IFS by Fast Cars
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Originally Posted by joyridin'
Arthur,
Be sure to measure carefully before you buy any trans. I put a T-56 in my Arntz/Butler and it was not an easy task. The rear trans mount is part of the cross frame, so the body of the trans has to be shorter than the distance from the cross member to the rear of the engine. Unfortunately, the T-56 has a huge body even though the length is only a few inches longer. I had to remove the whole cross section of frame, box everything in, and make a new cross member. I had the driveshaft shortened to about 6" from u-joint to u-joint...maybe it was 8". Lucky for us it has IRS so nothing really moves. On the T-56, it only has 1 mounting place for the shifter, so I used a GTO shifter and flipped it around. I mounted the actual shifter on the inspection cover. I would assume this is pretty close to the center mount on a TKO 600. This allowed me to use a shifter that looked like the original.
Also, my car has an external slave cylinder with a blowproof bellhousing. It should fit on yours also.
Good luck!
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My Cobra is a small block Chevrolet is yours too? If that's the case I would love to know what bell-housing, fork & slave you have.
The TKO is 1.96" longer than my ST-10 so that is why I'm considering it. The 8 shifter locations also is a good selling point. I should think I would be able to make one of them work.
Appreciate the comments,
Arthur
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