i'm thinking about swapping out my 700 R for a 5 speed.....how difficult of a switch is this and what would anyone think it would cost in a ballpark figure.....reason being i'm not sure if it would be more beneficial to switch my car from being a 5.0 w/ auto to a 5.0 w/ 5 speed or to make it a 5.7 w/ auto.....what do you think is better?

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88 Trans Am, 5.0L TPI, flowmaster cat back, high flow cat, WS-6 performance suspension, black w/ t-tops, automatic transmission....soon to be armed w/ a 5.7 TPI

 

5.0 with 5 spd is what i have, but i would go with a 5.7 w/ 5 speed

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87 IROC-z 305 TPI
Borg Warner T-5 fresh rebuild
10-bolt 3.73 Richmond gears rebuilt GM posi,
Ported Plenum and Runners Homemade AFPR
ACCEL 8.8 wires, High output coil,and cap & rotor
Bosch platinum + 4 plugs
Ram Air w/ K&N filters,
MAF sensor screens removed, TB coolant bypass
Polyurethane tranny and torque arm mounts
Dynomax catback w/custom tips
K&N oil filter,Mobil 1 synth, Futura GLS Super Sport tires 265/50/15 rear and 235/60/15 front mounted on 86 monte carlo SS rims ,

400 sbc and a 6 spd in the works

 

i heard somewhere that the 5 speed can't handle the torque of a 5.7.....but i'd like to find out first hand b/c a 5.7 w/ 5 speed would be nice.....how difficult of a tranny swap is that?

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88 Trans Am, 5.0L TPI, flowmaster cat back, high flow cat, WS-6 performance suspension, black w/ t-tops, automatic transmission....soon to be armed w/ a 5.7 TPI

 

I'm doing it right now. It's not too hard. Make sure you get everything you need. Bell housing, the right starter, clutch master and slave cylinder. The only thing I didn't like about it was that I had to pull the column and pull the center console out. I kinda got a huge mess going on. And I cut the hole too big for the shifter. Oh well. I have a welder. It's in and ready to go. Just gotta put the column back and I'll probably drive around for a while with no console to see how fun it is. It's a lot of work but it's so well worth it.

Brad...


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1986 SC Camaro
Mods: Threw 2.8 in garbage, put in rebuilt
350 .060 over, XE268H Comp cam, Edlebrock
Performer Intake and Edlebrock 600 CFM Carb,
Pete Jackson noisy GearDrive (which sounded
cool for about 5 minutes, now I'm sick of it)
Rebuilt TH350, 3.42 Rear Gears. LCA RLB's.
B&M Mega Shifter.
Soon to be T5 YES!!!

 

I just got done doing an auto to 5 speed swap
this weekend. Its not that bad as long as you have measuraments to go by. Don't let anyone tell you that a 5 speed out of a v6 will be fine in a v8. I spent the last month trying to find a clutch to fit the input shaft. (the v6 uses a 14 spine and the v8 uses a 26) I ended up using a 6v clutch with a v8 flywheel and pressure plate. It worked but I'll be relacing a clutch very soon. The v8 is going to burn it up. As long as you have all the right parts it isn't that bad though. It only took me a day to do it once I found all the right parts.