Keisler 5-speed conversion on Early A-body: Install has begun

FSTFISH66: Your 66 makes me drool. =P~

Please send me (PM) some pics of your "tubs under glass"!

I am running a Mcleod clutch and PP, I want to say it is a 3000# combo, but I will have to check the receipts (it you are interested).

I cut the crossover flush to the vertical components and welded the seams creating a "box" with the original material. I then plunked the TKO-600 on a mill and hogged out the section of the case that houses the shift rails and fabricated a new cover. In hindsight, it would have been easier to cut out the tunnel and rebuild with box tubing and leave the tranny alone. #-o

I ran the TKO-600 because the ratios were too far apart in the 500 for me, but I still ran the .64 OD, and probably should have bought the .82. Oh well, lesson learned. That said, I see about 2300 RPM at 70 MPH in fifth (3500 in fourth).

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