Crossmember location was close enough to reuse it. The Heighth from output shaft to the bottom of the transmission mount was within a 1/2 inch of the old transmission. It should line the drive shaft up the same through the tunnel. Fingers crossed.
This extra metal was connected to the crossmember with tabs bent over through two holes cut into the crossmember. No idea why it was there from the factory.
Welded in some new metal to accept the new bolt spacing on the trans mount.
Really wished I would have know the tunnel would have to be modified to make room before before hand. It would have been much easier to have the dash out for the clutch pedal install.
PITA
New metal is about and inch taller than were the factory tunnel was. It also is flat on top to allow a proper mounting point for the shifter assembly. Interested to see how the center console and air ducting to the second row fits...
Most of this is a factory ford linkage for the 2005-2007 mustang. Bushing, steel tube and bolt on the end of it I made custom. The bolt on very end goes through the shift rod on the back of the Tremec 3650.
The round hole cut in the new metal is extra large. I am gonna make some sort of rubber gasket to seal between the shifter and metal.
Went with a ram muscle car series clutch. Factory mustang flywheel behind it.
-Project is getting close. One unanswered question remains. The Tremec 3650 output shaft does not have slip yoke like the old 4R70W. It has the same 4 bold plate identical to the rear diff does. Has anybody run into this problem? Do the make a drive shaft with an inner and outer spline to allow for movement between the two? Thanks for Following!
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