3B engine w/ 86 5ktq tranny ?'s

[John Cody Forbes]

Yes and no. I've got a 3B flywheel and pressure plate in my 'fast' 5ktq and 
it works fine. You will need to modify the slave cylinder rod to get a 
little more throw distance or the clutch will not fully dissengage, but 
beyond that it's no problem. This is because the release bearing is about 
1/4" thicker on the later setup, so you just need to make up that distance. 
You COULD (and I'd recommend do so) switch to the later style throwout fork 
and bearing, but it's not required.

On mine I made an adjustable length slave cylinder rod:
http://jcforbes.com/jcfpics/clutchrodmod

If you need I could make you one like it, or if you have the tools feel free 
to copy the idea ;-). It's a bolt welded to one end of the rod and a stack 
of nuts TIG welded together and to the other end of the rod, easy peasy. Oh, 
there's a locking nut in there too. It was nice to be able to fine tune the 
length to get it just right without having to make 5 different length rods.

-Cody

spectrum wrote:
> Hi all,
> quick question. I'm in the process of installing a 3B into an 83 urq
> and the trans being used is from an 86 5ktq.
> Before putting it together and into the car, I'd like to gather some
> wisdom from the group... Are the differences between the cluth fork
> and throw-out bearing between the 91 200 tranny and the 86 5ktq
> tranny enough to cause a problem?
> Courtesy of one lister, I know there is a difference and that the
> clutch fork in the 91 200 is exclusive to it and the v8, however the
> clutch fork in the 86 5ktq is different. anyone BTDT?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Todd C
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