T56 Magnum Conversion

Lil Demon said

Great write up! I'm in the shifter boot opening of my swap. I confirmed my idea by seeing what you did. Definitely am going to copy your setup. You may have mentioned so sorry as I skimmed over a few of the posts. How do you like the way the 6 speed drive and feels?

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First part would be I think perhaps having a more straight up and down shifter would be better, it feels a little far back compared to most manual cars, but I think I'm OK for now. The shifter boot doing it exactly like I did is a really tight fit to the transmission and also to the edges of the tunnel. I couldn't have spared a 1/4" on the pattern on the outside.

Otherwise, it's really great, car drives amazing, really makes it enjoyable to drive at speed (everything quieter, very smooth), shifts nice, didn't get a chance to put the break in miles on it to be able to rip it through the gears though.

The one thing is it does make some chattery type noises idling with the clutch out, but I believe this is normal for this transmission. The rest of the time, it's pretty much silent (way quieter than my A-833 when under load in a low gear). My case, the 2.97:1 1st was the right choice, and also so was the 0.63 OD.