i can buy all the stuff to convert auto to manual from a 72 torino whit a 302 and a toploader. Anyone have try to use the clutch pedal setup on a comet?
The Torino toploader is not a bolt in like a Stang toploader. The Torino is longer, therefore it uses a long tail tranny, and the shifter is set further back. The long tail toploader is to manual trannys what the C6 is to auto trannys. Size-wise anyway. It is the same length as the C6 and uses the C6 crossmember, mount, and yoke. If you are familiar with what it would take to swap a Mav to a C6, then you know about what it would take to use this tranny: Custom crossmember Custom driveshaft Those are the biggies anyway. Good luck Dave
All Stangs used the short tail toploader. It is a direct bolt in for a Mav, and uses C4 dimensions. So it is a simple swap into any Mav, be it 3 speed or C4. The only fun part is the pedals and linkage if doing an auto to manual swap. I don't know about the Torino pedals. I used Falcon pedals and ended up doing a lot of fabbing and hybriding the parts. My gut feeling is that the Torino stuff will not work. Good luck Dave Edit: Did I misunderstand your question? Sounds like you may have been wondering if you could just change the tail shaft housing on your Torino toploader and make it a short shaft. Short answer: No. Long answer: The Torino tranny is the same as a Stang tranny for the most part. You could swap enough parts to make a short shaft tranny, but it wouldn't be cost effective IMO. It calls for some major (expensive) parts replacement and a complete teardown of the tranny to swap. Cheaper to find the right tranny.
