marinez Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Hi guys. Survived my final deployment and subsequent duty at 13 Area, Camp Pendleton. 25 years is enough. Anyway....onward. My Z is nearly done. I have the early v8 Camaro t5, the bellhousing, driveline, and such. I need to remember which flywheel works..(I have the staggered bolt starter) and I keep hearing noises about a Jeep master cylinder and slave combo. I don't start receiving my checks until July, and I am just getting back to civilian work because SCREW SITTING AROUND. Hence...as inexpensive as realistically possible...help! If anyone has part numbers or pics of what you did...Id appreciate it. I'm still navigating this new fangled phone my girl got me...so forgive me if I haven't pored through the forums yet. Semper Fidelis Ssgt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miles Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 (edited) Note: you should purchase the JTR Z V8 conversion manual. And research HybridZ before doing the swap. The parts listed below are what I used. 1. T5 transmission: The WC T5 transmission is tilted 15 degrees towards the driver. The 15 deg tilt is absolutely no problem, I have done two. Unless you want to make a special transmission mount, you will need an 89 Camaro T5 bell housing, driveshaft, flywheel, clutch pressure plate/disk, throw out arm, throw out bearing, clutch slave and a 7/8" clutch MC. Note that there is a V8 and a V6 version of the T5 transmission. They have different spline counts. You will need the V8 version. 2. Bell Housing: 1989 -90 bell housing for V8. Verify that the pivot ball is in place as that part is NLA. 3. Flywheel: 158 tooth flywheel: https://www.summitracing.com/parts/zzz-50-6516 4. Clutch Kit: Zoom High Performance Clutch Kits HP1675-1A https://www.summitracing.com/parts/zzz-hp1675-1a/applications/ 5. Clutch Hydraulic Components: Camaro Clutch Slave: Napa sells the Camaro clutch slave. https://www.napaonline.com/p/NCF73110 Clutch Master Cylinder: Both Tilton and Wilwood make 7/8in. clutch master cylinders. The Wilwood unit is more compact allowing use of a larger brake booster. Tilton 74-875U: https://www.summitracing.com/parts/til-74-875u Wilwood 260-10374: https://www.summitracing.com/parts/wil-260-10374 6. Clutch Hose and Fittings: Hose: -3 A/N SS hose. Length TBD Roll pin to A/N SS line adaptor Russell 640281 (connects -3 A/N SS line to the Camaro slave): https://www.summitracing.com/parts/rus-640281 MC A/N SS -3 A/N line to 1/8in NPT adaptor Earls 961603ERL (connects -3 line to the MC): https://www.summitracing.com/parts/ear-961603erl 6. Starter: Hitachi gear reduction starter or similar unit. Edited June 13, 2018 by Miles SPELLING AND PICTURES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marinez Posted June 13, 2018 Author Share Posted June 13, 2018 Woohoo!!!! Thanks so much! The bellhousing has the pivot, and I'm off and building!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miles Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 (edited) Do you know that you have to dent the body to allow clearance for the clutch arm? Do you know about drive line phasing? There are a lot of details about the 240Z V8 conversion you need to know before you start the project. Purchase and read the JTR V8 conversion manual. You can buy it here: https://jagsthatrun.com/collections/jtr-v8-conversion-manuals/products/copy-of-v-8-conversion-manual-for-volvo-200-series JTR also sells many of the conversion parts you will need e.g., mounting brackets, hood bracket, speedometer drive gear (goes in the trans), etc. Edited June 13, 2018 by Miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marinez Posted June 13, 2018 Author Share Posted June 13, 2018 The car was previously converted to a 327. Just changing to manual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miles Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 You are way ahead of the game. Hope you can post pictures of the trans install. The only other thing that comes to mind is to check the balance of the new flywheel. My flywheel was off right out of the box. Also, I had a bad experience with the shop that shortened and balanced my driveshaft. After cutting the driveshaft, they welded the shaft back together off axis which caused a high speed vibration. Had to pull the driveshaft and take it to another shop to correct the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marinez Posted June 14, 2018 Author Share Posted June 14, 2018 Jesus that sucks. My driveshaft seems ok lengthwise. I will send the flywheel out when I get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marinez Posted June 18, 2018 Author Share Posted June 18, 2018 Augh. Finally got stuff in one place, need to move exhaust on drivers side. I'm using stock manifolds. If I post pics, you guys want to weigh in on best location? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miles Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 1 hour ago, marinez said: Augh. Finally got stuff in one place, need to move exhaust on drivers side. I'm using stock manifolds. If I post pics, you guys want to weigh in on best location? You are using the stock Chevy rams horn manifolds? Depending on the engine mounts used, the stock manifold may not clear the steering shaft. Do you have a picture of the engine mounts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marinez Posted June 19, 2018 Author Share Posted June 19, 2018 Everything is already there. I am just removing the existing th350 and swapping to the t5. It looks like the left side exhaust may need adjusted. So far, I have plenty of room for the shaft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marinez Posted June 19, 2018 Author Share Posted June 19, 2018 Here's what's there so far. Clutch and bellhousing now installed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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