putting a T5 into a G body

[COOL 442]

i'm putting a nwc t5 into my 86 cutlass. i have the hydraulic bellhousing and master line and 3rd gen pedals. i have mechanical linkage pedals too. i'm comparing them and found that 3rd gen pedels have a lot of issues to bolt them in the car.

i'm wondering what you guys did for the pedals and more importantly what modifications were needed for the firewall... ya know measure twice and drill once.

kevin, (85 ss) i have studied what you have done for this. can you give me a few tips... ? i am near by even for telephone. if ya get a chance.

i'll get some pics up of what i have shortly.. thanks again.

i have looked around for this topic and write ups... send me a hot link if ya think it may help... thanks.

 

[Doober]

Also check out t5montecarlo's page (www.garage-scene.com) for info. I seem to recall there being issues with the stock F-Body hydraulic housing vs. headers, but don't remember for sure.

 

[COOL 442]

thanks doober! i'll check it out for sure.

heres a couple shots of the car.

here is the shifter... i probably will cut/weld the shifter rod to fit it into my console.

here is a shot of mech pedals (left) and 3rd gen pedals in mech bracket (center) and 3rd gen bracket (right)
i can make the 3rd gen pedals AND bracket work with a lot of mods... if i need to to have hydraulic linkage.

here is a close up of 3rd gen pedals in a mech bracket (left) and 3rd gen bracket (right)

here are my other parts for this swap... is the master push rod suppose to be bend lilke this?

here is my firewall... factory cruise control hole too. it's dark i'll get a better one.

 

[blubaldmontess]

http://www.montecarloss.com/community/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=466549#Post466549

There are 16 pages of guys who've done the swap. Bernie (sickspeedmonte) fabbed his own pedal setup. If you want to bolt up just a pedal then you may want to look for John B. (you can search the web for him

http://www.garage-scene.com/t5-into-ag-body/

John B...he makes pedals but hes outta country for a few months

http://www.montecarloss.com/ls1montecarloss/index.html

 

[foxz]

john B is deff the way too go if you go hydraulic, hes in italy for the remainder of the year unfortunatly tho

 

[Doober]

I guess I'm a little old school... I like the mech. linkage setup, no need to worry about master/slave cylinders failing, plus there enough ways of swapping a manual trans in that it can even be used with an LS motor and a T56

 

[t5montecarlo]

I never considered putting the F body pedals in the G body bracket. It looks like it works out well.

The problem I have noticed with F body pedals installed is that they seemed to be a bit high, but perhaps that is not an issue if they are installed in the G body bracket.

By the way, the bracket is the same for both automatic and manual transmission. The stop for the clutch pedal is a bolt-on part.