Finaly got my a** around to taking some pics of the TKO. Doesnt seem much heavier than the T5. Once my T5 is out i will weigh them both to see the exact difference.




One with the 31 spline slip yoke.

Check out the sweet billet shifter.

Also heres a pic of the blown Tremec T5 that came out of my ute for comparison.


Recently picked up a JVC single din DVD player for the ute. Picked it up off E-bay last week and turned up on Wednesday. It aint no 7inch screen jobbie, just a little 3" screen on the single din. Doesnt suit the dash of the ute as well as the Pioneer unit i just pulled outbut its a bit more practical. Its the KD-AVX1 IIRC. Installed it yesterday and it works a treat, really good picture on the little screen. No pics as yet though.

Oh I missed this latest update!

C'mon man when is the box going in??

interested in that firewall brace jeff if your mate is interested in making more...?

Hehe, stumbled across this old thread and found some eye candy aye Dave

I need more bits from Malwoods. Wanna help out?? Pweease

No worries Fraser, just gotta check out the EF-EL's as they abit different on the firewall to XH IIRC.

awesome as jeff.

all coming together very nicely indeed. love the brakes dude.
i got gt ones sitting here itching to go on, just got something a bit major going on at the moment so all mods are halted

Hahaha yea no probs dude PM me or drop by with a list and I'll try work it out for you.

The list here from Mal. Will print it out and head down when i get a damn chance, lol. Cheers Dave.

Thanks Justin.

Alright its been a while since i updated so i thought i'd keep this up to date with where im at.

Firstly, i went a different route to originally planned for getting the TKO in.
I was originally going to source all the bits through Malwoods for a "No Fuss" installation. However with the $$$ the way it is nd the 20%odd increase in Tremecs prices the Malwood option became quite pricey. I also didnt like the idea of the bellhousing set-up he uses. Basically he uses the Genuine Tremec belhousing which move the starter to the drivers side and require then a new starter and new sandwich plate. The 3 items come to a total cost of $1050 plus freight.
So i decided to do abit more research.
I found that Dellows do a bellhousing to suit the TKO to 5.0 windsor for E-series. This is a driect bolt in job that keeps the 3-bolt starter on the same side and the same sandwich plate also. So this was ordered 2 weeks ago and arrived yesterday. This came in at under $650 to my door.

Now i also done abit of research with the clutch too, with the help of Dave (BOTTLEDUP) and a reply from Extreme clutch themselves i found out the the clutch to get TKO onto 5.0 Windsor is actually an "off the shelf" T3 TE/TS50 clutch. This is because the T3 5spd (Tremec TR3550) uses the same 26spline input shaft as the TKO600. Then obviously the clutch cover/pressure plate is just normal 5.0 one. The clutch i went with is the same as im running in my ute now, and love it. An Extreme Cushioned Button Ceramitallic. This cost me $600.

I was also advised by Dave that i need to use an XF T5 rear crossmember, so i managed to source one from a guy over east on the forums (saves the hassle of me chasing one) so that is on its way over to me as we speak.

Only other bits i need are the mount to go from box to crossmember and the speedo gear to suit my chosen diff gears, which i think will be 3.9's. These parts will be sourced through Malwoods.

Now for some pics.







Here you can see the difference in the finer splines.


Also bought a set of 8 of these for a near future plan i have, stay tuned!!!

Green top 42's, can any one say BOOST
Brett

Ooooo he's bleeding me for my hard earned knowledge and giving it out for free on the internet!! I'll have to smack you silly next time I see you Jeff

Good work on the conversion so far, how long til we see it going?

Haha sorry Dave. Although that day when i got home i had the e-mail from Extreme also saying that it is an off the shelf T3 clutch, its just that your too damn quick

Dunno how long yet mate. Maybe 3 weeks.

New rims.......again!!!!

You are a such a wheel wh0re Jeff!

LOL

Haha, i know, you could say my whoring days are over and im now "tieing the knot" with these wheels.

How do you think it looks though?