Hey I am new to this site and already liking it!
Anyway, was wondering if anybody knows if 3800 T-5 will fit up to a LS1 and work?

 

no. and if it did you'd blow it first time out of the gate.

 

Ah nothing like a charcoaled crisped V8 medium well, heavy on the tourque...

 

Good to know. A guy at a shop said that it would work. I don't think that he realized that it was a five speed though. I was surprised that it would work.

 

Wont work, 6 cyl T-5s are different, Now If you got a World Class TKO T-5 now were talking.

 

all T5s in GM cars/trucks after '87 are World Class "heavy duty". our V6 T5s are the same units as in the stangs and third gen 5.0L cars. they can handle anything up to ~280lb-ft and 260hp, but the LS/LT are just too much for them.

 

not sure i agree with that, the cobras seem to have the same trans. And the TKO is a different trans. It can handle a lot more than 280 ft lbs and 260 hp.

 

i think those are very limited and may even be Ford specific transmissions that you can be sure cost a good buck to make. the "regular" world class trannies are all the same. from an S10 all the way up to a Mustang GT.

 

Will it bolt up to a normal small block?

 

There was never a widely mass produced T5 put on a 350 cu in v8... they were all autos, or 4-speeds, 4+3s, or 6-speeds they cannot handle the power.

Instead fo finding some rare version that costs alot of money and you will still have to custom adapt it why not jsut put a T-56, proven strong tranny in?

 

T56's go for 3x as much as a newer V6 Camaro 5-speed. I'm not asking about adapting it, I'm asking if it will bolt up or not.

 

No it wont bolt up. Period.