hello all, im new around here so be easy on me. I am building a KITT conversion out of my 1982 TA V8, and would like to know what is all involved in changing my T-5 manual to a Automatic, would the shifter assembly out of a V6 setup work, like the center console shifter?, this car doesnt have a rearend, so i will be using the rearend out of my V6 Bird, My TA is a carb 305, any help is appreaciated thanks

 

Yes, The shifter should be the same

 

also one other question i have is, what kind of wiring is gonna have to be added in? i know that the wires off the T5 for the reverse will be hooked upto the auto shifter, what about all the other wires that hook onto the auto shifter?

 

On the clutch pedal there will be a neutral safety switch I think they are Brown and purple good size wire you will need to run them wires to the shifter. The shifter should have the same size wire don't know if the color will match but you will be able to tell what ones because of the wire size and that should be it. OOO...There will be two extra wires on the shifter that you will not need to use I think they are Black w/White stripe and Orange w/ Black stripe....Hope this helps!

 

oh belive me it does, im 15 yrs old, these are my first cars, and dont got alot of money, so every little tidbit of info on doing this swap helps me greatly,
will i need to get a diff speedometer since it will be changing to auto? is there any other wiring that will need to be changed?

 

What tranny you going to run? TH350 or a 700R4? You can use the same speedo but you are going to have to get diffrent gears so it will read right. There should be no other wiring I just did that swap on my car and that was all I had to do.

 

700R4 most likely, i havent gottten a auto transmission to replace it yet, but i wanted to get an idea on what is ahead of me

 

What are your rear gear ratio? You know at all?

 

i dont not know that, how do u find that out? sorry for asking really newb questions but, and how much would a new gear cost?

 

Hiya.. Noticed your remark about the speedo.. I just did this swap.. went from a T5 to a th350... She runs great.. problem is.. im doing no more than 40 and she shows 60 lol.. I have a 350/th350/3.73 rear end..... any help with this could help.. thanks

chelly

 

What size tires?

 

if u are asking me chris, im gonna be using 15's mounted to turbocast rims

 

15's

 

Both of you can go here http://www.tciauto.com/tech_info/speedo_gears.htm

Put your info in and it will tell you what gears you need to get the speedo to work right!