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OUTSTANDING.I had the option of buying a very slightly used Dodge Challenger SRT with a manual 6 speed. My deceased stepson left it and owed very little. My left knee has permanent damage and 70 years of wear and tear so I passed on the deal. One of his children bought it from his estate. We loaned her the payoff amount. The car still rocks. And looks pretty as all get out.

I put a Doug Nash 5 speed in my 69 Chevelle back in the 1980's, still works great.

Chevelles Rule. If you disagree, you're wrong. The most appealing Muscle car of all. I like other Muscle cars, but Chevelles, look and feel right.

might want to add a black front spoiler on this car. 60's cars had hundreds of pounds of lift on the hood at highway speeds and a spoiler really helps also pulls air down from the firewall area. huge difference in cooling and high speed stability. and the reason nearly every newer car has some kind of lower air dam.

That TKO 600 can handle lots of torque..!! Nice job guys..!! Remember to put insulation over that new transmission tunnel

Wow just wow. Your video here answered all my questions regarding rear differential gearing and 5 speed manual transmissions. At 60 miles per hour the car was about 1750 rpm's, that took so much strian off that engine and acheived the highest gas milage ! Fantastic job by your whole hotrod shop ! I'm saving this video on my desk top for continual rewatching until I'l as knoledgable as possible.

With transmission is good. I had a stroke Feb 9, 2012. The blood clot blurst. PIA drug helped me. 85 percent of people die. God is good.

Manuals are wayyyyy more fun than Auto. My mom wants a manual for her next Camaro.

What a precise job. So far from the days of improvisations that led to the failure of one component or the other.

Best mod there is for old cars. Period. Today's manuals are fantastic. Plus overdrive gives those big engines a break.

Cool conversion! I remember this great 69 at MCACN. Way more fun!

Great job guys very clean I like how it turned out tho I'm torn between auto and manual because I like them both

Really functional build

what was the total cost ?

I'd like to put a 6-speed Tremec in my SUV

Automatic transmission all the time 🤛🍻

WAY more fun!

This is a beautiful thing.

Awesome installation! Clean!

MY POINT EXACTLY ! NICE JOB !

Manual vs automatic is like the difference between making music and playing a cd.

When your 55yrs, massive stroke, I would stick but with left leg I bit

Really nice job

I bought a Tko 600 around 2012. Back then the company was owned by Hurst.It's now American Powertrain. I was debating between buying a Richmond five speed, but the Richmond was more expensive. I wish I bought the Richmond. For starters the Richmond is made in the U.S. The tremec is made in Mexico.For mellow cruising with easy shifts it was fine, however, I bracket race, so I needed a trans that could handle high rpm shifting. I was missing a lot of third gear shifts and it was getting progressively worse. I contacted the company about it and even though it was a known issue from research I did they denied knowing about it and suggested I wasn't shifting correctly. I've been shifting manuals for thirty years. I had Libertys Gears do upgrades including faceplating,, and a better shifter, since then haven't missed a shift. However, that cost over 2k.

it is so strange to see people doing everything right. :)

If they would spend as much time showing a complete install as they do talking it would a great help for some.

Clean car! Very tidy.

Love the car. Kevin: PLEASE tell me, where did you get the Sport (or Bullet) Mirrors.

A big 10-4 on shift when I say shift not when a computer or some little Governor weights tell it to

Tick performance has one person bleeder lines for the hydro clutch throwout bearing in the Tremecs, got one for my 04 GTO and it works great for bleeding or changing the clutch fluid while the trany is in the car. It's long enough to put up in the engine bay and you can bleed the clutch system without going under the car. The line has a speed bleeder and all you do is fill the clutch master and put a cup under the bleed valve and pump the clutch pedal, just keep the master full.

Manuals are okay but I'm auto guy! My th400 is setup to where I can manually shift it or it can shift it self. Best of both worlds 😆👍

took a pair borrowed from a hog to tear back into that beauty. cutting and grinding and welding oh my!!!....whew, and you guys had just finished it too...in the end, great job...i was thinking you might steer him to a clutch/automatic, but they were known for brutal upshifts, with no converter to cushion....just curious, did they ever get those bugs worked out of em?...

no blow proof bellhousing??

Swapped a T-5 into my 72 Grabber Maverick V8. Also a 9" rear with a Detroit locker. Tons of fun. And way faster.

Anyone know if you can do this on an oldsmobile with a big block 455?

O Yea manual all day.

Nice work guys, I do have one question. Being that the car is not stock with the tko600, why would you not put a steel bell housing in it? GM make steel ones, aftermarket? Aftermarket would give you much need hand space, plus with the steel you have the added safety knowing the fly wheel isn’t coming up through the floor, plus you keep your feet.... keep up the nice work, nice work is hard to find these days

Can I ask what rubber boot did you use? I am making my own console and need a smaller boot less then 4" diameter

Thanks for the awesome video. Just curious I did the same install in a 68 El Camino I had to modify the bracket that went from left to right for the front seat bracket that follows the tunnel Contour. Otherwise my drive shaft was too close, to get the right Drive pinion angles. Did you have to modify that structure also thank you

I keep seeing other builds where the trans tunnel didn't need modification, then I see this where it does....what's the deal? Does it have to or not

Nice work!! exactly what i am looking for just hate to cut the tunnel!! Whats the first and second gear ratios?

how hard would be to hd350 to tko 5 speed in a plymouth arrow truck 1982

How difficult is it to put a 454 and 5 spd standard into a 74 Nova that currently has (factory) 6cylinder and 3 spd automatic? Appreciate any help...

Outstanding! It seems in this,The TUNNEL is the key,I take it 4000 for A body's? Chevelle, impala a?

Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about ?but two piece driveshaft with carrier bearing or or a CV joint style driveshaft with carrier bearing. wouldn't that have been much more cost-effective and labor effective? Just curious?

Manuals impress your friends, automatics win races.

Hello; it’s mach whit SB 307 engine ??

The TKO 600RR is a much better trans because 5th gear doesn't bog down real bad so you can keep on rippin

I know it depends of many variables but what kind of money are we talking to do a conversion from Auto to manual with a Tremec tko 5spd in this 69 Chevelle?

A manual transmission will cost you time, but to have full control is worth it. My choice for the street would be the world class t5 mated to a 5.7 ls engine, n/a, and carbureted . 450hp 400 trq. 10 bolt or ford 8.8 rear with eaton posi and 4:10 gears. This combination has the benefits of low cost, low weight , easy to work on and is as much as a ten inch radial tire can get traction. The least parasitic losses of any combo I can think of. Including weight. I can get two transmissions for the price of one, of pretty much any of the others . Buildup the second one while trying to break the first one. Same as the rear end. I like to run camaro disc brakes front and rear with hydroboost and softish pads. On 17's. If you don't agree, you will need more money and motor just to get even with it by a 100 hp or so . While sacrificing handling losses and butter smooth shifting. To make it worth it to go big takes big bucks. And on the street there is a practical limit most of us should recognize. My combination can be upgraded as time goes by and is affordable for nearly anyone . I think it's the most fun you can have , wringing out and using all that you have and utilizing your machine to its fullest. Every other high horse power big parts combination I've tried is like a punishment on the street. I always feel like it's all being wasted and that I'm stuck being slow all the time and it's frustrating. Unless you actually track the car, why get sucked in to the bigger is better philosophy? It's just the most fun, worry free combination I've ever run. A bit higher rpm cam and heads, and let it sing. For a daily driver Leaner is meaner.

Does it really have more torque than a modern 6 speed can handle, it's a rhetorical question don't answer that. No issue with whats being done but a modified double over drive to me would be the better choice IMO. To me if you have enough money for that you have enough money to buy a project 4 speed car though. My cars a manual but I would switch it to a DCT in a heartbeat if wasn't so damn expensive to do so. Would I miss shifting, sure I would, would I love the 10 second bragging rights, just a huge smile.

Why go through all this trouble and not put in a 6 speed?

So approximately what would it cost for Labour and the 5 spd ? Want this for my '68 Firebird.

wow all that work just to convert to hydraulic? That guy must really like is classics

I say self driving LMAO no one very few people drive to have fun they drive to get to work.

What the brand of that steering wheel?

how is max. speed ?

#stickshiftmafia

how much would this cost for you guys to install this in a 71 nova?

These are too few views for such an awesome video. Something tells me KZfaq prefers pink haired boys buying teslas than real people driving real cars and having maximum fun and control with a manual transmission.

Id love to take a 60s Chevy Truck or Ford and make a nice daily driver out of it. LS or Coyote modern engine with a new 5 speed overdrive. Ive had a few old trucks and the 3 speed automatics drive me nuts!! They always feel like they need another gear....and in some cases SEVERAL more gears lol. The last one I had was a 69 Chevy C10 with a 350 turbo and it was screaming at 55mph. Drove me insane

Great video, but the music in the back ground is WAY too loud. Cant hear the guy talking.

Ouch! Like #666......like ur shows tho.

I am sorry but destroying this beautiful cars body to install a "kid shifter" is sad. Be interesting what it does to the value of the car.

if you really wanted to put a modern transmission in a Chevelle, you would swap an automatic