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03-19-09, 12:19 PM
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Automatic transmission mounting point is 6 inches back from 5-speed mounting point because of the overdrive box in the automatic transmission.
Your going to need a custom transmission mount made.
Your going to need a custom transmission mount made.
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03-19-09, 03:12 PM
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Yes, you will. The torque converter essentially just rides on the input shaft, or may be lightly bolted to the ring gear (Where the flywheel normally would be located), but it's easy to take off... THEN you will need to remove the counterweight and the ring gear...that 'big *** nut' is a 'big pain in the ***'. Soak it down with PB and let it sit for a while while you locate a friend with a compressor and an impact gun that has about 500ft/lbs of torque at least! You'll need to park the ring gear...this can be done by shoving a heavy duty flatblade screwdriver through one of the open sections of the ring gear into the back of the engine casting.
03-19-09, 03:21 PM
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You can actually get the flywheel nut off with a flathead and a hammer. If you have a impact gun at your disposal, I'd recommend using that as it'll take a fraction of the time, but if you dont, you can usually break it loose with a flathead and hammer.
03-19-09, 04:16 PM
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Place screwdriver on large bolt at angle to loosen it. hammer till bolt turns. 
I had to do it to mine as I was swapping my motor at about 2 in the morning and no auto shops were open for me to take it to to have the nut taken off.
Place it at shown angle and hammer away. The flathead will eventually dig a groove into the nut making it alot easier.
I had to do it to mine as I was swapping my motor at about 2 in the morning and no auto shops were open for me to take it to to have the nut taken off.
Place it at shown angle and hammer away. The flathead will eventually dig a groove into the nut making it alot easier.
03-19-09, 05:56 PM
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dude, the easy way, you jam a socket in the back of the fly wheel wedged between the fly wheel and the long bolts. Get that big *** 52mm socket and a long breaker a bar with 5 ft of pipe
03-20-09, 12:02 AM
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I'm just giving options.
03-20-09, 05:59 AM
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BTW Dont use a screw driver...... You will break everything but the bolt off.. You Need a Big center punch. Hell i have a 52 mm socket and a air wrench. that got it off in 1.5 seconds
03-24-09, 10:55 AM
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my snap-on battery gun rocked that flywheel nut right off and back on when i did my swap... took me about 4 days because i didnt know what i was doing + i had to make my mounts which is 2 steel bars on each side welded together, 4 holes drilled on each bar before welding... this basically extended my transmission mounts. i used all SS grade (10?11?12? whatever the highest grade there was at the time) and put everythign together.. now my car doesnt run 
for like 2 years now. lol i hope my gasoline isnt fucked.
for like 2 years now. lol i hope my gasoline isnt fucked.
03-24-09, 11:16 AM
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3.9/4.1=.95
5% fewer RPM's is NOT that big a deal on the highway. Of course, in first gear, maybe second it will have a significant effect, but not at higher speeds.
On a turbo, it might even slow first and second enough to allow significant boost before you shift-so it could even be beneficial in that case!
Tell you what-if you still don't like that 3.9 LSD, I will swap you even for my open 4.1 from my S5 Vert.
5% fewer RPM's is NOT that big a deal on the highway. Of course, in first gear, maybe second it will have a significant effect, but not at higher speeds.
On a turbo, it might even slow first and second enough to allow significant boost before you shift-so it could even be beneficial in that case!
Tell you what-if you still don't like that 3.9 LSD, I will swap you even for my open 4.1 from my S5 Vert.
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