Going to the Wood Shed!

I'm not shocked at the cost considering the shop that's building it. They are also rebuilding the torque converter, which will have to be cut apart. Probably using quite a few new hard parts for the M-35, which are a bit pricey IF you can find them. Drums and such are almost non existent as NOS parts, but there area few out there... if you know where to look. And they are pricey. The only other choice is to get good used, which I bet that shop would only do as a last resort, but what most of us would do for a daily driver. Honestly that is fine, as the trannys only burn up/wear drums if they have been badly abused -- like run without the TV cable attached or the cable is stuck. I had a cable stick right after a rebuild. Shop rebuilt it again -- luckily I had a parts trans with a good rear drum. Owner let one of his techs rebuild it. He looked over the work, but forgot to check the cable, which wasn't seized but didn't move as easily as it should have. He covered it under warranty, took the parts trans and used the best parts from both to make a good one, and said he did most of the assembly himself that time. No issues...

6t8amxetc wrote: CamJam wrote: Seems like the money spent beefing up an M35 to handle a V8 would be better spent adapting a modern O/D transmission. Just my $.02 worth. Cam I don't think he plans to run the M35 with a V-8! From the first page! Bottom line, I was really shocked by the rebuild cost of the M35. The great news is that until I’m ready to swap the V8 in, I’ll have a awesome running 6 with great shifting transmission. I’ll take pictures of the package prior to installing it. At some point down the road it’ll all be for sale. The engine will look the part as well. I’m going all out on the appearance. Thanks for taking the time to read this. Nick A.R. Headers

My bad… missed that.

Good move. I just put a Tremec T5 (from 2005-10 V6 Mustang) into my Opel GT and it's working out great.

6768rogues wrote: $3k for a temporary 6 cylinder tranny? I have 4 parts cars with good trannys and altogether they cost less than that. Your money, your decision. I hope you have better luck selling it than I have had, I tried to give them away and ended up taking them to the scrap yard.