Hi,
Has anyone got a cosworth T5 box at all?
I have a bag full of hens teeth and a pile of rocking horse Sh1t, but no T5 gearboxes. I am sure they are around but not Locost and out of reach of my
shallow pockets.
Those that were fitted to Cosworths fetch silly money now but I am led to believe they were also fitted to some Mustangs. I know there also as rare
as the products I do have but it maybe another avenue for you to explore if you know of any American muscle car breakers.
I feel sure there will be many on here who will be more helpful but don't expect to pick one up cheaply.
The MT75 gearbox is allegedly stronger than a type 9 but has an integral bellhousing which may be a problem depending on what you are attaching the
gearbox too.
Sorry I could not be of more help and best of luck in your research.
Just had a look on ebay and there are a couple on there, not as expensive as I thought seem to be coming down in price since I last looked. Mind you
still out of my reach as those 2 cost about as much as I have spent on my whole car and it's nearly finished. Probably why it's taken me
15yrs to get to this stage 
Here.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw=t5+gearbox&_from=R40&_osacat=174105&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.
l1313&_nkw=ford+t5+gearbox&_sacat=174105
and another,
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Borg-Warner-T5-Gearbox-Chevrolet-Chevy-305-350-327-Etc-/181688831431?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item2a4d7f8dc7<
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If you buy second hand non-reconditioned you need to be prepared to rebuild and replace synchros atleast.
Lots of people selling them lie about condition too, as they are known for the synchros being knackered.
I've seen a bare box for £300 but then the bellhousing was a similar price followed by clutch fork at typical Cosworth prices.
It's a bigger box than the Type 9 or MT75 so I'm still looking at a 2.7 first for the V6 Type 9
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Originally posted by spiderman
but I am led to believe they were also fitted to some Mustangs. I know there also as rare as the products I do have but it maybe another avenue for you to explore if you know of any American muscle car breakers.
http://racecarsdirect.com/listing/58509/borgwarner_t5_sierra_cosworth_gearbox.html
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Originally posted by mcerd1
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Originally posted by spiderman
but I am led to believe they were also fitted to some Mustangs. I know there also as rare as the products I do have but it maybe another avenue for you to explore if you know of any American muscle car breakers.
I thought that the mustang boxes were one of the 'world class' versions of this box ?
The cossie box is a non-world class version of this box
There are lots of variants of world class T5's found in all kinds of American V8's and even the old RV8 based TVR, apparently there are even 4x4 versions...... but the cost of converting any of these / making adapters normally rules them out...
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