Can anyone tell me what it is going to take to put a tremec TKO 500 in? My pop has always been around mechanical clutches so if he has no idea then i def. do not know. I plan on using a 347 or 392 motor. This car is going to be a resto-mod, so if it takes some massaging that is fine. This might be to broad of a question but any help from anyone who has experience would be appreciated.
Hydraulic clutch?????
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Project DNA = Do not Assume anything will fit. If anyone says it all bolt on, they're full of it..
I just did the swap. You will have to get the obvious new clutch (tremec splined) new clutch fork, new starter, bellhousing/scattershield, crossmember, mount, driveline, clutch linkage, slip yoke and shfiter lever. I think that's everything if you're going from a manual. Otherwise you will need the new clutch and brake pedals. Then your parking brake can be an issue, you will more that likely have to re-run the exhaust. Trimming of the tunnel is involved both through the shifter hole and at minimum the area under the tunnel on 65-68 and shim for the correct pinion angle. Plan on a good 18-20 hours with a full service shop, if all goes well. This is expensive and time consuming...
Believe it or not, I love the ending results.
Project DNA = Do not Assume anything will fit. If anyone says it all bolt on, they're full of it..
I just did the swap. You will have to get the obvious new clutch (tremec splined) new clutch fork, new starter, bellhousing/scattershield, crossmember, mount, driveline, clutch linkage, slip yoke and shfiter lever. I think that's everything if you're going from a manual. Otherwise you will need the new clutch and brake pedals. Then your parking brake can be an issue, you will more that likely have to re-run the exhaust. Trimming of the tunnel is involved both through the shifter hole and at minimum the area under the tunnel on 65-68 and shim for the correct pinion angle. Plan on a good 18-20 hours with a full service shop, if all goes well. This is expensive and time consuming...
Believe it or not, I love the ending results.
As far as hydraulic cluches go you can go with a slave cylinder setup or a hydraulic throw out bearing. I went with a hyd TO bearing for my setup. You can read about my swap on my webpage
http://www.2mfffabshop.com/rod.htm
http://www.2mfffabshop.com/rod.htm
jikelly
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I put a tremec in my 73, and you can read about my swap on my website. I used a hydralic master slave set up on my clutch.
http://webpages.acs.ttu.edu/jikelly/Tremec page.htm
http://webpages.acs.ttu.edu/jikelly/Tremec page.htm
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