Ok guys, it was asked in another thread who has stickshifts in their car. I figured rather than steal that guys thread, lets make a new one. we been tossing around the manual monte cult jokingly for a while now, lets stop beating around the bush and take it to the next level This should be the official list for manual cult members, if you got a stick, lets see your name and hear what you got!

I got a world class t5 from a camaro, camaro bellhousing with camaro pedals and hydraulics. Would never go back to auto!

Here's my membership page. Note the T-56 speedo cable drive conversion and the genuine manual trans steering column. The page is overdue for an update, there's no stripe kit or interior pics.

World Class T5, T56 hydraulics, Hurst shifter, John B's clutch pedal.

can i register if im almost there, its a long time coming but ive paid my due's partially.....ive got a factory pedal and bell setup from an 80 malibu, i just need to find the trans, a World Class T-5. These setups are not cheap so im in for the long haul

I've been manual for a few years now too. Lots more fun to drive!!! We used G-body mechanical linkage (clutch/brake pedals, Z-bar, and frame bracket), SpeedDirect upper/lower pushrods with spherical rod ends, '83 V8 F-body T5 bellhousing and fork, World Class T5, and Hurst shifter. We reused the stock crossmember, but moved up 2.5" in the frame and my friend cut/rewelded the mount in the correct place.

Well I just finished my manual swap a few weeks ago.

95 T56 using stock LT1 Bellhousing and hydralics, 85 F-body pedals modified. Stock cross member modified. Centerforce DF clutch, stock Flywheel, and a Pro5.0 Shifter. Def a lot of fun to drive got my hands on another Monte and thats going to become manual also. So much more fun to drive, these cars should have came from the factory with a stick!

I'll be on the list eventually. I'm gathering up parts now. You guys need to put up some close up pics if you can of the way your clutch linkage is setup. (Mechanical/Hydraulic) Pics with headers/ pics with stock exhaust, bellhousing you used. etc, etc.

Ok, I think I can add mine here as well now that I have finally driven the car,
T56 out of a 97 Z28, Weir hotrod products bellhousing, hydraulic TO bearing and hyd MC. Hayes flywheel, Zoom kevlar clutch, my own clutch pedal setup.

How about an original Doug Nash 4+1 5 speed,"Iraqui Taxi" Malibu pedals & linkage,stock crossmember,Lakewood bellhousing,(indexed),LuK clutch,with a customised Hurst Vertical Gate II Inline shifter on top.

what about a manual Non-Monte? lol same setup as John S except centerforce DF clutch

John I'm glad you've got it on the road again.

1993 Corvette ZF 6 speed, black tag (strait cut gears!)

Magnesium bellhousing (this thing is LIGHT!)

Centerforce Dual friction clutch

LT1 corvette gear reduction starter (half shaft style)

1985 S10 master cylinder with a remote resevoir from some 80's blazer in a junk yard. 1985 S10 hydraulic line, 1993 Corvette slave cylinder

1978 4 Speed elcamino pedals, custom fabricated bracketry and master cyl mounting plate

Fabricated crossmember with exhaust passing through it.

Shorter than stock heavy duty driveshaft with HD U-joints built from scratch by R&S springs

And quite a bit of cutting on the trans tunnel

SickSpeed why did you go with the "1985 S10 master cylinder with a remote resevoir from some 80's blazer in a junk yard. 1985 S10 hydraulic line, 1993 Corvette slave cylinder"

Just wondering any benefit over using the f-body stuff?

Hey Matt! I did not know you came on here, damm glad to see you!

Monte or not I can vouch for Matt:)

Im running an m20 wide ratio muncie with malibu mechanical linkage, iceman crossmember, 606 bellhousing, hays clutch and a hurst competition plus shifter.

95 T56 behind a 95 LT1
Hurst shifter factory leather "ball" knob
Factory 83 El Camino pedals
T56 hydraulic clutch parts
Custom master cylinder bracket fits between booster & firewall.

Bernie, What's the deference between the Corvette ZF 6 speed and the T56? I can get the Vette ZF alot cheaper than the T56. Is it alot bigger? Is that why you had to cut the trans tunnel?

Isn't the ZF a rearmount tranny? (or whatever ya call em?)

The ones I've been looking at come from a C4. Here's one.

Oohh. Joining soon, just compiling parts. Although I do need to see more pics of manuals in bench-seat cars to get a good idea of what shifter to use

F body stuff has wierd fittings from what I can remember, this was all inverted flared hard line with NPT fittings



ZF's are pretty strong out of the box compared to T-56, but the problem is that nobody knows how to work on them. They also have an incessant growling problem and its pretty hard to find a used one in good shape. I've read that if the clutch pedal does not FULLY disengauge between shifts, you end up with alot of problems too, apparently the vette guys have problems from that.

I dont know if its bigger... mine was about 100lbs dry. The main problem is that the entire body of the trans is offset to the driver side of the centerline that passes through the input/output shaft. The C4 ZF's are not transaxles or "remote" transes. You just need a custom flywheel if you run a two piece rear main. Not sure about a one piece, the transes come off of LT1's. The McLeod flywheel that I have cost about $600 from what the prev owner told me, and thats for a single mass. Apparently they are "supposed" to have dual mass flywheels.

I'd love to see where you are finding ZF's cheaper than T-56's so I can pick up a spare. The last one I saw in good shape was a blue tag (not as desirable) and it was $1300. I found a black tag with a blown reverse for $400 that I might be able to have my reverse put into if I ever needed it, but teh labor would probably be rediculous. Those prices are for just the trans, no bell or anythign else

Here's mine

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Corvette-...sspagenameZWDVW

Check ebay. There is a few of them on there. Some are $1400 to $1500. Then there is a few that start low with no reserve.

I have a wc t-5 with pro 5.0 shifter
83 camaro bellhousing
78 malibu pedals linkage and z bar
jegster crossmember
an a-body 12 bolt with eaton posi and 4.88s
dynatech 1.750 headers

i see no one is testing out the strength of a manual behind a BBC.

FTL

not true WFO...489 BBC here, I wouldn't dream of putting a T-5 behind it but the T-56 is doing great