5 spd. conversion thread

finally! a little head way! i came home from work yesterday (after 12 hrs) and felt like messing around a little with the tunnel cutout. i was,am,apprehensive about doing this. it sucks cutting a huge hole in an 88,000 original mi. body! but,so be it. here are a few pics of what we got done. you first have to find the front of the torsion bar mount and the center of the hump and drill a 3/16" hole. this sucks because the hump is not really symetrical and the torsion bar mount is not in the center of the hump. i didn't like my first hole,so i drilled a 2nd and liked it better. then you measure 10 1/2" forward in the center of the hump and drill a 2nd 3/16" hole to locate the front of the template. i cut out most of the template and used the drill to locate the rear hole,lined up the front hole,and taped it down a little. i traced the template out with a sharpie and ready to cut!:cheers: although i am really not looking forward to doing the cutting,i am getting it over with today and them having a drink!
after i cut the hole,i am going to weld the torsion bar mount to the floor pan for some extra rigidity,and maybe some other spots as well. i am also drilling the corners so the are radiused,squared corners tend to crack.

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