442 Swap automatic for 5 speed

[pontiacgp]

There is nothing inexpensive about a manual swap. You need:

• Flywheel
• Flywheel bolts
• Clutch disk
• Pressure plate
• Pressure plate bolts
• Throw out bearing
• Pilot bushing
• Bellhousing
• Clutch linkage or hydraulic setup
• Transmission
• Crossmember
• Transmission mount
• Shifter
• Pedals
• Drive shaft

And more miscellaneous stuff.

The T56 Magnum (great transmission) costs north of $3k. Figure nearly $5k to do the swap if you just buy everything and bolt it together. You can buy a regular T56 or a T5 (not as strong) for less but I don't see you completing the swap for under $3k. That would be with buying a used transmission.

Not trying to talk you out of it. I'm swapping a T5 into my car. I just want you to have some idea of what a financial commitment it is to swap to a 5 or 6 speed. If you found a donor car (fourth gen Camaro with a T56) and have the skills to fabricate and to overhaul a manual transmission yourself, perhaps you could do it for a bit less but it is not a cheap proposition.

Also, be honest with yourself regarding how you will treat the car (abuse). Torque capacity:
WC T5 - roughly 300 ft. lbs.
T56 - roughly 450 ft. lbs.
T56 Magnum - 700 ft. lbs.

I have a SBC that is rated 350 HP/400 ft. lbs. so it is more than my T5 is rated for but I don't plan to abuse it. My car is a cruiser.

I hope this helps.

--Jared

If I read your post before I did my conversion I would not have done it, it looks like too much work....😀

 

[UNGN]

If I read your post before I did my conversion I would not have done it, it looks like too much work....😀

You wouldn't have done it if you had to pay someone to do it.

The OP seems to be looking for someone to pay to do it for him.

 

[pontiacgp]

You wouldn't have done it if you had to pay someone to do it.

The OP seems to be looking for someone to pay to do it for him.

Someone who was impressed with the stick in my GP was bugging me to convert their Regal, I gave him a price of $5,000 plus he has to get the parts. If he said ok I would have been upset with myself cause I didn't want to do, I wanted him to stop pestering me