Rolling_Thunder
Rolling Thunder
has anyone swapped in a 5-speed into thier cars here ? I have one waiting to go in when i get the bodywork finished so i was just curious
Rolling_Thunder said:guess so - noone else is stepping up :booty:
Cageman said:I have a 69 valiant that I put a 5 speed in, it is out of an s10 pickup, I really like it, but I have 2.94 gears in right now, havent put the 391 in yet, but as soon as it warms up I will, I have gotten 2 speeding tickets already, one 90 in a 75 and another 73 in a 55, when in overdrive, it likes to cruise, The 2.94 was a temporary deal till I got the ls put into the 391, but I have that done now, just been lazy.
I used the master out of the s10, it almost was a bolt in deal, had to drill a hole where the ol rod went thru, and it bolted to the pedal nice also. I used a lakewood adaptor bell, Howe hydro release bearing, braided an-4 lines and that all works sweet. I used the dodge 10.5 flywheel and pressur plate, but I had to get a chevy clutch disc, also had to make an adaptor for the chev sized input bushing. I had to cut a hole in the tunnel and I had to drill a hole in the trans mount and that was about it, not to bad of a deal at all.
Its been a few years hope you still log in ,Thanks for the heads up on the swap I will get my tape out and measure everything this car needs floors and torsion mounts redone anyway. Thanks Mark Later Bob JFrom a voice of experience, a Dakota 5 speed WILL NOT work into an A body.
The tranny is @ 2" longer in the worst place it could be, at the back of the case, right around the tranny mount.
Major restructuring ot the tranny/torsion bar support/floor would be necessary.
My best advice for fuel mileage is to use either the 833-O/D, or use an early 3.08 1st gear gearset from a '64-'66 6 cylinder 4 speed and 2.76 rear end gears, all behind a well-tuned V-8.
Mark.
Why would anyone put a 700R4 in Mopar when Mopar has OD versions of the 904 and 727?
Chuck