#524551 - 01/23/08 01:38 AM
Re: The Official Manual Monte Cult Register
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Mine's all done. NWC T5 from a 86 Trans am. 83 F Body bellhousing with speed direct mechanical linkage. All sitting behind a blueprinted and balanced 305. I had to raise the tranny tunnel slightly and after I adjusted the clutch it's been shifting great.
I ran low 15's high 14's the first time on the strip.
One problem, my wife won't ride with me, she say's I snap her neck when I shift. Well, is that really a problem?
I've out run her 98 Z28 LS1/Auto a couple times, Not because my car is faster, she just cant drive!!!!!
87 Aero with T-Tops and T5 86 Chevy Pickup http://home.earthlink.net/~tedlysen/
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#525738 - 01/26/08 04:30 AM
Re: The Official Manual Monte Cult Register
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I won't make fun, but I do have to ask though  - why is the shifter up so far? Did you use an S-10 T5 (or S10 tailhousing)?
1985 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS5.7 LITRE / TES Headers / SShaker Hood / WC T-5 5-Speed 1970 Pontiac GTO Orbit Orange Judge Re-creation / YZ RAIII 400 / M21 4-Speed
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#526524 - 01/28/08 05:22 PM
Re: The Official Manual Monte Cult Register
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I won't make fun, but I do have to ask though  - why is the shifter up so far? Did you use an S-10 T5 (or S10 tailhousing)? I used the s10 tail so it would come closer to the stock 4 speed location. And was able to use the "real" 4 speed console setup
1980 Malibu Classic Big Block T-56 1988 Monte Carlo
The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.
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#526794 - 01/29/08 12:19 PM
Re: The Official Manual Monte Cult Register
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Yes that is a factory 4 speed console and Mike's does sell the repros of them Cool - I've never even seen a factory 4-speed car with a console before! I always thought those console trays were an aftermarket piece for cutting up to fit a shifter in it 
1985 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS5.7 LITRE / TES Headers / SShaker Hood / WC T-5 5-Speed 1970 Pontiac GTO Orbit Orange Judge Re-creation / YZ RAIII 400 / M21 4-Speed
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#539732 - 03/01/08 12:58 PM
Re: The Official Manual Monte Cult Register
[Re: TURNA]
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kpetry
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Turna- No real updates on the t-56. I've been working on wiring and radiator issues the past couple of weeks. Fired the engine for the first time last Sat, but haven't run it long due to no radiator yet. Hope to make some more progress today.
Bought my Monte new in '87, 220,000 miles ago. Now undergoing a complete restoration with a mild LT1 and T56 6 speed.
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#550030 - 03/27/08 02:56 AM
Re: The Official Manual Monte Cult Register
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Turna - Sorry, haven't been on the board for several days. I apologize for not getting back to you. The floor is now covered with carpet, so measuring will be tougher. I do know that the back edge of the hole was exactly even with the front edge of the AT shift bracket (next to your arrow). I laid under the car with a Sharpie marker and marked the corners of the shifter tower on the T56, then center punched them, and then drilled a hole at each corner from below, then cut it from the top (connecting the dots) with a plasma cutter after removing the shifter and covering the opening in the trans to keep slag out. As the position of your trans relative to your body position could vary from mine, I would only use this mark and drill technique,if I were you.
Mine's a '95 Trans Am T56.
Bought my Monte new in '87, 220,000 miles ago. Now undergoing a complete restoration with a mild LT1 and T56 6 speed.
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#562005 - 04/27/08 09:14 PM
Re: The Official Manual Monte Cult Register
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id like to add my name to the list, is there any kinda of initiation? i can now row my own gears!  Thanks to 85_SS  he helped a crap load even the dumb questions.and to anyone else who chimmed in along the way, thanks!   still got a few small things to iron out(like the cruise) but i took her on her maiden voyage yesterday, then got the boot and both seats installed today and did a bit of cruising.....Its like awhile different car
Last edited by mikeasis; 04/27/08 09:15 PM.
1986 Monte SC. 4.3 TBI V6 with Vortec heads and a Luntani cam backed by a WC T5 and 3.42's outback.
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#562198 - 04/28/08 01:45 PM
Re: The Official Manual Monte Cult Register
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yea its in netural there...i think the shifter was a fun one, i tried like heck not to cut/weld it after i took it apart and flipped it 180 it just slammed into my knee so i got the bright idea to put in a press and just pres the bend out, it would have been perfect but its hardened steel and cracked in several places along the bend area so then i had to cut about a 1 icnch section out and replace it....so its defintaly a shifter i can call my own. i really wish i had a leather boot for it but that big hole(truck boot?)was the only one i could find to fit it that was tall enough.
yea the whole attitude of the car has changed, i just cant belive it, for a 6 it'll get up and move
1986 Monte SC. 4.3 TBI V6 with Vortec heads and a Luntani cam backed by a WC T5 and 3.42's outback.
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#587431 - 07/15/08 01:07 PM
Re: The Official Manual Monte Cult Register
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Just did it again.....so put me down twice!!!!
Did things a little different this time around.....
My 86 CL has 96 T56 using stock LT1 Bellhousing and hydralics, 89 F-body pedals modified. G-force cross member. Stock replacement clutch, stock Flywheel, and a Pro5.0 Shifter.
Also used shorty headers on this car vs the long tube headmans I have my SS. Shorties are the way to go just cause of the added room and ease. I would use the headman's again but only if every HP was an issue....
build it like you love it, drive it like you stole it..
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