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Originally Posted by Mr. P-Body
The Ford three-speed is refered to as the "Dearborn" transmission in Pontiacs.
The "Nash", if truly a Nash, is a crash-box with no synchronizers ("slick shifted", not really well suited to street). If it has synchros, it's the Richmond. Tough stuff. If it has synchros, and is shifting roughly, either the clutch or shifter are responsible unless it's worn out.
The World Class T-5 (Mustang) is okay for the smaller engines, but the 428 will eat one up in a hurry if you pound on it. Not designed for 450-plus lb. ft. IMO.
Jim
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no, it says doug nash all over it. doug nash started out offering just a crash box trans, and later offered a "street" version. with syncros. mine is the street. i just had it rebuilt, it's for sure not a richomnd. says doug nash on it, and we found out the hard way, there's alot of people who think a street doug nash uses all the same richmond parts. they don't. alot of it had to be sourced by part numbers on the actual bearings, rather than off a richomond microfiche
i would not put a t5 in anything. they're junk for anything other than cruising in a 2bbl 289 mustang, driven by an 80 year old man.. a stock 225 hp mustang will grenade one.
i'm talking about the tremec 3550, (later called the tko 500, the lesser tko600) and because t5's are such junk, that's why there are so many more ford tko's floating around, because anyone with a fox body mustang who wants to go fast has to use a tko, or a c4.
as to the question about what the issues are, the nash makes more racket, just about than my M22 i had in the car. because of the angle of the cut on the gears. that, and i was toying around with having a proper overdrive. the trans shifts great. it has about 200 miles on it now