5-speed swap is complete!

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

So the 93-02 slave will bolt to the 84-92 Bellhousing? Can you use six cylinder stuff instead of V8 because the V6 cars are plentiful in local U pull it's and I'll just pull my hydraulics from one of them. Also, are they still plastic or did GM switch to metal cylinders? I was thinking about just using some Nissan hydraulics and adapting them because they are metal and better made.

 

[85_SS]

Yes, the newer hydraulics are a direct bolt in on the T5 Bellhousing, the stainless line is also much longer. The master and slave are still plastic, though I haven't heard of them being problematic? I believe some of the aftermarket replacement parts are metal though so you could look into that as well.

 

[fodoimp]

85 ss what are you running for exhaust manifolds?
are they the stock setup?
I was concerned with manifold clearance with the slave.

thanks

 

[85_SS]

I have TES headers. I'm not sure if the stock manifolds would clear - I can't recall if there is more or less clearance in the slave area with the headers compared to the manifolds.

 

[85_SS]

Well I got my shifter back from the welder and put everything back together. Today is nice and dry so I took it for it's first spin, and WOW, what a difference! It's going to take a bit of getting used to driving this compared to the smooth as butter Saturn, but she sure is fun!

Modified shifter lever with 1" offset to passenger side:

Shifter reassembled:

Interior shot:

 

[KrisW]

Awesome job!

What shifter are you using? Who sells it (pre modified, of course?)

 

[85_SS]

Thanks 🙂

It is a Hurst Competition Plus shifter - they are discontinued, but I bought a new (old stock) one off of a guy on ebay. The only shifter I believe Hurst sells now for the Camaro T5 is the Billet Plus shifter (which replaced the one I have).