tom robison
ALL UP IN THEM GUTZ
- Joined
- Dec 11, 2004
About six months ago I sold a 700whp Z06 corvette and bought another 87 GN that was pretty close to stock, but needed some love. I installed new interior, wheel and tires, all billet trans, alky kit, 3” atr exhaust… turned it into a fun street car. Well the motor didn’t last long and developed at rod knock, so an all aluminum stage 2 found its way in with a HPT 6466 turbo. The car was done , but was missing something. I did some research and found some threads on here about a manual swap, which is what I miss about the old vette.
I contacted Silver Sport Transmission for a quote on a complete swap setup. I purchased the majority of parts from them,. I bought the pedal from Sick Speed Monte, Tremec T56 Magnum trans from Summit and flywheel from Advanced Adapters.
I started my removing the interior and 200r4 trans, pulling the steering column and brake pedal. I modded the brake pedal, cut the hole in the fire wall and installed the third pedal per the instruction from Sick Speed Monte.
The Silver Sport kit comes with complete swap manual and drawing to cut the floor for trans and shifter to fit.
I modded my factory crossmember instead of buying the Silver Sport crossmember to save about $350.00. The trans is a tight fit, but is an easy swap. I installed the bell housing with the trans to get measurements for my new driveshaft. The driveshaft took a couple days from my local shop , I also had then get me a new rearend yoke for 1350 joints to make things a little stronger.
I contacted Silver Sport Transmission for a quote on a complete swap setup. I purchased the majority of parts from them,. I bought the pedal from Sick Speed Monte, Tremec T56 Magnum trans from Summit and flywheel from Advanced Adapters.
I started my removing the interior and 200r4 trans, pulling the steering column and brake pedal. I modded the brake pedal, cut the hole in the fire wall and installed the third pedal per the instruction from Sick Speed Monte.
The Silver Sport kit comes with complete swap manual and drawing to cut the floor for trans and shifter to fit.
I modded my factory crossmember instead of buying the Silver Sport crossmember to save about $350.00. The trans is a tight fit, but is an easy swap. I installed the bell housing with the trans to get measurements for my new driveshaft. The driveshaft took a couple days from my local shop , I also had then get me a new rearend yoke for 1350 joints to make things a little stronger.