5 Speed conversion progress
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5 Speed conversion progress
Well, we have gotten the fire wall piece in, the pedals, and master cylinder in, not a big job, just takes a lot of time.
I still have to install the SuperBearings and I am waiting on the flywheel to get done, but maybe next week I will have a non auto 87.
My friend Jack asked my how much more the car would be worth with a 5 speed, I never really thought about it, but my guess is zero because it is a conversion, not that it matters.
List of things left after this to get the car the way I see it in my mind.
In order
Carputer
Shocks
Blower
Paul C interior
H4 conversion
I think this one will be done at that point, all the mods will be done, the 20 year stuff is done, just shine and drive.
I still have to install the SuperBearings and I am waiting on the flywheel to get done, but maybe next week I will have a non auto 87.
My friend Jack asked my how much more the car would be worth with a 5 speed, I never really thought about it, but my guess is zero because it is a conversion, not that it matters.
List of things left after this to get the car the way I see it in my mind.
In order
Carputer
Shocks
Blower
Paul C interior
H4 conversion
I think this one will be done at that point, all the mods will be done, the 20 year stuff is done, just shine and drive.
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Cliff,
The pedals, and factory master are IMHO the worst part of this whole job. So much so that when I just did my conversion I went with a wilwood floor mount system. I personally prefer the floor mount setup to the factory setup though.
The pedals, and factory master are IMHO the worst part of this whole job. So much so that when I just did my conversion I went with a wilwood floor mount system. I personally prefer the floor mount setup to the factory setup though.
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I just do not understand why folks cut holes in cars to do a clutch master cylinder.
We will take it back out to bench bleed it when we get every thing hooked up, not that big a deal.
The tricky part was cutting the hole in the fire wall and making it look factory.
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I should have a flywheel with 60-2 teeth for you by morning, or you could say 'next year'.
The ring is machined, dowel hole drilled and it's to the assembly fixture next.
The ring is machined, dowel hole drilled and it's to the assembly fixture next.
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Mainly so I can tell folks that want me to do this kind of work what I think of them.
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Wilwood makes different configurations for all your pedal needs. Good quality too:
http://www.wilwood.com/Pedals/PedalList.aspx
http://www.wilwood.com/Pedals/PedalList.aspx
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Any photos you can share on how you did the conversion of the pedals? I was looking at doing a Wilwood hanging clutch pedal with cylinder and leaving the 928 stock linkage with 5 speed brake pedal....
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