I used one in a turbo pinto drag car when they first hit the wrecker yards in the early 80,s , but dont think I had to cut out the shifeter hole to make it work , It was a much stonger trans than the type "E" trans the pinto came with , use to ripe out first gear if I poped the clutch out to fast ,, The SRD was the grand dady to the T-5 , first gear was lower ratio also , grab the engine too , that engine cam with the 9.1 TRW pistons which were very stong and the clutch and disk were heavy duty idems ,