Auto to manual conversion. If you could do it over....regrets, pitfalls, long term opinions???

Ive been driving mine for a year now. Went from 904 auto to 833 O/D with 2.93 rear gears, McLeod "street" something diaphragm clutch.

Pros:
Blast to drive
Aforementioned cool factor
I have always just preferred to drive manual

Cons:
Don't really care for the diaphragm clutch. Will go back to borg and beck at some point
833 od first gear too steep and drop to second is ehhhhh.
2.93 gear was a bad choice. Should've gone at least 3.23, but have decided to go 3.55
Got a vibration somewhere I can't figure out
Aluminum bell makes me nervous when I spin her up!

Would I do it again? Heck yes.

In fact I will be doing it again. I recently procured a Tremec TKO 5 speed from another fabo member and will be putting that in with a 3.55 rear gear. I will be using a sst install kit with a lakewood bell. I believe the tremec is good to 500 hp. But I'll be putting out 350 to 400 so I should be good.

Shoulda gone 5 speed to begin with b/c now ill have to rework the floor where I cut out for the 833. I know sst makes sheet metal for 4 speed cars but i want to get rid of the hump to the drivers side so I'm going to use the auto trans sheet metal and figure out how to fab the rest.

Best

CE