BrianI

Wondering if anyone had done this swap and how hard it was.

zr1fred

Very hard, very expensive. There are several excellent threads about how to do this. Try the search function.

Skruffy

Look at this thread as the orig. author did that swap:

New ZF trans. w/B&M ST already toast??

danno85

Brian,

Welcome to the forum!
I have an 85 and I did the swap from auto to a Richmond 6-spd. It is alot of work, but doable. I will touch base with you later when I've got more time to write.

Dan

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Dan, I have an 84 model that I'd like to perform this swap on as well. I already own a richmond 6 -speed tranny. Any info. on this would be greatly appreciated!

pearlvett

I actually am doin this during the summer time but a shop in houston is doing it for me, and its only gonna cost $900

James93LT1

http://members.cisdi.com/~anesthes/projects/stick-swap/

http://members.cisdi.com/~anesthes/

LD85

Do yourself a HUGE favor and buy a TKO 500 or 600 and don not buy a ZF.

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I really don't want to buy another trans. I have a Richmond 6-speed with shifter and I am just needing to buy the bellhousing,flywheel,pedal,etc. to do this swap. I am looking for someone who has performed this swap before for info,pics. or whatever. Any help would be greatly appreciated!.....

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Pearlvette. What trans. are you using with your swap?

Jonnymac

Do a search for 856SPEED sorry can be more help.

856SPEED

funny.....that's me......I can't tell you exactly how it's done since I have the ZF which is all together different than the Richmond and I don't turn my own wrenches....what I can tell you.....make sure your FW is correct for a 2 piece rear main which is what you have.......86+ is a one piece rear main seal.....not sure how the hydaulic clutch system works on a Richmond???? Richmond retro fit is much less common.....can you contact the manufacturer and let them know what you want to put it into? In my case I also needed an '89 console since it was the only year with the digital dash and ZF to make it look factory....the shifter comes up in a different position in the console on an automatic vs. ZF.....I retrofitted a manual tunnel (or part of it in mine...looks totally factory) I had my PROM programmed for the manual too.....not sure if that was needed, but it works well.....there are quite a few things to modify......do a search, there is plenty of info out there on this topic....good luck.....

mnstrlt1

keisler is a vendor on here that offers a complete kit to swap to a 6-speed. I inquired about this only because I was interested in purchasing an older c4 (with an automatic) and switching it out for a 6-speed. Of course, long story short- it was relatively involved, and expensive ($4,000-ish) for the kit.

I would advise to possibly consider 5-speeds (cheaper). Or sell what you've got and hunt for a manual transmission equipped c4 (preferably a ZF car not an older 4-speed w/overdrive car)