Warp6:
I wish someone would do this and put the whole idea to bed.
Myself and Lee (Corvair hybrid) have done this, and after a lot of aggravation, time and $$$, let me tell you from first hand experience...It ain't worth it. thumb_do My car is much quicker with the auto tranny. I ran a bunch of 4spds (Saginaw's and Muncie's) with the best of shifters, and a couple of Borg Warner T5's, and fried a bunch of clutches trying to get it to work right and be street-able. (The motor would just overpower the clutch eek! ) I ended up with a heavy duty clutch/disk setup, that kinda worked on the close to stock motor, but I wanted the car to be able to be daily driven. It got to be a pain in the left leg trying to drive that type of setup in traffic. ugh
All the cons that everyone listed are true. IMHO if you really want to shift that bad, put in a manual valve body, or...buy an import.
And while I'm on my rant rant ... Please do not make comparisons to other cars with completely different engines. (Not directed at you Joe

) Our engine is quite unique, with the placement of it power band and redline.
Now for all the sceptics who still don't believe us... Please, spend the time and $$$ and report back with your findings.
Paul canada