how do you swap from a 700 to a 5 speed easily and succesfully??? is it expensive ? hard>? whats required? what 5 speed can be used? will the car run any faster?? ive wanted to do this conversion,but, feared getting into somethigni have no clue about! please help!

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1989 firebird formula

Mods: converted from T.B.I. to a carburator 305 to a 350. Flowmater exhaust,hedman shortie hedders,202 160 (882) heads,.447/.447 lift 222@.050 duration speed pro 327/350hp cam 350 .40 over (356) Edlebrock torker2 and a 600 edlebrock manual choke (1405)

Future mods performer rpm air gap intake (polished) comp roller cam, and way better headsa 400 defintely in the works!

 

Along with a couple of other members here, I'm doing the same swap. Just learn everything that you can about the tranny, clutch, and how it works first. Then it won't seem like such a big ordeal. What you need to do is get EVERYTHING from a donor car. Even if it is broken, get it, so you know what to replace. Then go for it. One word of advice: Use a third gen tranny. The clutch is hydrolic, so mounting is straight forward,(not to mention, they came from the factory that way). Any more ?s, look at some of the many other threads on this topic. Some even list exactly what you need.

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'82 Firebird, dead stock, 9 bolt disc rear, over 200,000 miles and still going strong, more to come...
http://www.spinfrenzy.com/stingerssx...easures.html#4

 

Go to the dragstrip and take some time to walk through the pits area. Check out the really fast cars (not the 12-14 second cars) and ask the owners what they have automatic or stick?
then you will have all the answer that you need on this question.

An automatic has approx 0.5 second advantage in a streetrace against a stick because of excess reaction time with the stick. You won't notice this at the track because you have the christmas tree to anticipate reaction with.

just my input.




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*I do custom performance mods on Edlebrock Performer carburetors (dualplane intake mods in the works),
White 1986 Irocz, 305/383 with Edlebrock Performer-RPM intake and Performer #1407 carburetor, +110hp shot of crack, 700R-4 tranny, 3.25:1 rear, Mcreary Road-Stars, SLP-stainless 1.75" shortie headers & Y-pipe, single 3" Borla exhaust, Linginfelter-TPI camshaft part number 74216 pulls 17" vacuum solid. Cam specs 213/219 @.050 114-LSA, .462/.470 lift @1.5:1 ratio. MSD-6AL, billet distributor, multi-retard, blaster-3 coil, and RPM switch.
N/A runs 10.9 @124,
Crack-runs 10.3 @135
haven't run at track since Oct-99

 

But with a stick, you put more power to the ground.

Also, road racing is very hard to do with an auto, less ratios to choose from.

But if you want to talk drag racing, throw in a power glide. That will be what the fastest guys at the track are running.