Forward planning... Auto to manual swap questions.

[99'Subourbon]

This is just to have some hindsight for whenever I do land another project vehicle.

Ideally I'll find myself in a 5sp manual, but they are rare around here. If I end up in a auto, I need to know my options.

Straight out the door, this won't be a daily, and it will be getting a tremec tko 600 swapped in. That said, if I don't have a year matching donor, what are my options for clutch pedal assembly and cylinder? Is there after market solutions, or new replacement parts? I don't seem to find any online.

The vehicle will be a 88-95 C1500/C2500 ecsb or rcsb.

Thanks.

 

[Jrgunn5150]

On the aftermarket side, American Powertrain has hydraulic throwout bearing kits. Wilwood and Speedway both offer clutch master/pedal combo's. Then you would just have to get a skinny brake pedal. I've been looking into the same thing for my C10.

 

[99'Subourbon]

I guess I'll know better what I can fit once I have the vehicle, if it ends up being an aftermarket application.

 

[Jrgunn5150]

I guess I'll know better what I can fit once I have the vehicle, if it ends up being an aftermarket application.

That's been my attitude also, for performance oriented transmission's, there just isn't much info. They even have remote mount resivoirs and whatnot, it just add's up. pretty quickly. At some point the 4500 got hydraulics, so I'm sure you could adapt those easier,


http://www.advanceadapters.com/tech-vault/7-nv4500-bellhousing--clutch-info/

 

[88GMCtruck]

88-94 trucks do not have the clutch pedal support bracket in the firewall that the pedal bracket mounts to, but 95+ do. You'll need the support, bracket, pedal and then drill a hole in the firewall for the clutch master cylinder. Pretty simple.

 

[99'Subourbon]

88-94 trucks do not have the clutch pedal support bracket in the firewall that the pedal bracket mounts to, but 95+ do. You'll need the support, bracket, pedal and then drill a hole in the firewall for the clutch master cylinder. Pretty simple.

Simple would be nice! Lol. Hopefully I just get a manual outright, but if not - I need to either find the parts needed from here or otherwise, or go aftermarket. The vehicle will be down a long time (big plans, slow funding), so I'm not shy of searching for the parts, or researching a solution.