Another manual idea

**crzystve42** · 03-05-2012

So the V6 Camaro and Firebird use a 3800 and both have rwd manual setups. Why cant we bolt on those for a manual conversion vs. the Gretag?

**TheOtherNick** · 03-05-2012

1. there is no way it will fit
2. it is designed to have one drive shaft leave to tail housing
3. see number 1
4. see number 2
5. repeat.

**Fivefingerdeathpunch** · 03-05-2012

You forgot rinse.

**crzystve42** · 03-05-2012

Well that'll do it for me lol. Even if you remount the engine longitudinally and open up the trans housing?

**MoarkatsINmuhtrailer** · 03-05-2012

And the biggest one, our cars are fwd and you're talking about using a rwd tranny

**crzystve42** · 03-05-2012

and of course using the drivetrain system too

**TheOtherNick** · 03-05-2012

You should read a few articles on how transmissions work.

**crzystve42** · 03-05-2012

it was just a theory, everyone says the gretag pretty much bolts right up I assumed the camaro 5spd would do the same

**TheOtherNick** · 03-05-2012

So pretty much you want to ditch the factory sub frame, transmission, and most of the unibody, create all custom pieces to remount the engine, and trans, then run a drive shaft to the rear and completely redo the rear suspension to mount an axle. sounds like a lot of pointless work to me.

**crzystve42** · 03-05-2012

its a hell of a lot more fun than an automatic fwd. And if you run the driveshaft through the exhaust tunnel on the 04+ itll work. youd need to rework the exhaust but could work. Nothing worth doing is ever easy

**MoarkatsINmuhtrailer** · 03-05-2012

Sounds like 15k to me

**crzystve42** · 03-05-2012

not if you do it yourself, the car itself is like 3k

**gtpeddie** · 03-05-2012

there is a rwd grand prix conversion RWD Grand Prix
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/236808...iac-grand-prix

for those of you who haven't seen

**darkhorizon** · 03-05-2012

You could sell your grand prix for 3000, then buy a 10 second camaro easily enough. Seems stuipd to put 100+ hours into basically building car from scratch.

**Swiggles** · 03-06-2012

Originally Posted by TheOtherNick

So pretty much you want to ditch the factory sub frame, transmission, and most of the unibody, create all custom pieces to remount the engine, and trans, then run a drive shaft to the rear and completely redo the rear suspension to mount an axle. sounds like a lot of pointless work to me.

you forgot about rerouting the exhaust.

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