Easy auto to manual conversion

[Doober]

What does that $700 include??? For a completely stock manual trans setup from a G-Body it's too much imo, but that's just me. The crossmember and driveshaft are the same as a TH350 car.

 

[vladj]

here is a link:

http://winnipeg.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicl ... Z160535177

or you can just buy a donor car for less:

http://winnipeg.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicl ... Z171724630

 

[Doober]

Might be better off in that respect if you're looking for all-GM parts. But what condition is that '81 in...

 

[Bonnewagon]

This is true. My 81' Malibu Z-bar broke at the weld. It wasn't designed for a RAM 3200 lb pressure plate. I used an old racer's trick and welded a big washer onto the Z-bar shaft next to the push rod arm, making a huge all-around-the-perimitter reinforcement that is working still.

 

[Doober]

The weld on the pedal-side peeled back on me a couple years ago... luckily I was only a couple miles from home. Had to start it in gear once, and shifted without the clutch the rest of the way. Good thing I read that Car Craft article! :lol: Got it welded and it's been fine ever since.

 

[Bonnewagon]

Yeah. I did that twice, once with a boat trailer out back, when the block ball stud broke. Start in gear and bang-shift all the way home. People looked at me like I was a psycho.

 

[413Cutlass]

I'm just wondering how you plan to use a carb with an m-90....
m-90 has the inlet on the rear of the blower....
my s/c park ave had a blown 3.8 with an m-90.

 

[pontiacgp]

Yeah. I did that twice, once with a boat trailer out back, when the block ball stud broke. Start in gear and bang-shift all the way home. People looked at me like I was a psycho.

I did that once when the slave cylinder went bad on a volvo I had years ago....and then on the way back home the brakes went..I miss that car